Traditional Use of Frankincense Frankincense has it’s uses in traditional medicine of various cultures.  While not native to China, frankincense has been adapted into the Chinese Materia Medica.  I had previously blogged about it in my previous post. (link) It is traditionally used like other aromatic herbs – to clear stagnations and quite frankly (no pun intended), to get things “moving”. Currently, I would like to show at least one bit of research that shows evidence for us

Frankincense History The Wise Men who gave the infant Jesus gifts certainly knew what they were doing. Their choice of gifts were more than just symbolic.  They were indeed valuable.  Today we talk about Frankincense, also known as Ru Xiang (乳香).  It is also known by the name olibanum, from the term “that which results from milking in arabic” (via wikipedia) Frankincense is most known in from the aforementioned biblical story about wise men giving the newborn Christ gifts.  I