Incense is aromatic biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt. The word incense comes from Latin incendere meaning 'to burn'. Incense is used for aesthetic reasons, religious worship, aromatherapy, meditation, ceremony, as a simple deodorant or insect repellent.

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The incenses we produce in our workshop are all handmade piece by piece without any mechanical or chemical processing.

Handmade made with natural pure materials and love. These ingredients make our incense superior to any other mass produced incense on the market.

How to use Frankincense

Frankincense is an indirect-burning incense and requires a separate heat source such as charcoal to release the fragrance.

• Fire up the charcoal & wait 5-10 minutes until it turns fully grey
• Place 3 to 4 pieces incense on top of the charcoal
• Replace them when burned

Characteristics

Incense is composed of aromatic plant materials from the resins frankincense and myrrh. Frankincense also called Olibanum, Levonah, Luban and Khunk means "pure incence" reffering specifically to the resin from a specific variety of trees in the genus Boswellia of the family Burseraceae. 

Frankincense is an indirect-burning incense which means it is not capable of burning on its own, and requires a separate heat source such as charcoal.

Ancient Egyptians employed incense in both pragmatic and mystical capacities. The purpose of the usage of incense varies; some people use it for the duration of meditation and rituals. Incense was burnt to counteract or obscure malodorous products of human habitation, but was widely perceived to also deter malevolent demons and appease the gods with its pleasant aroma.

The granules of frankincense, the frankincense smoke are all used in various forms to treat a variety of ailments including nausea, indigestion, chest coughs, hypertension. Frankincense has been shown to cause anti-depressive behavior in mice. It activated the poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety and depression.

Frankincense has been traded on the Arabian Peninsula for more than 5,000 years. Frankincense was also traded from the Horn of Africa during the Silk Road era.

The Greek historian Herodotus wrote in The History that frankincense was harvested from trees in Southern Arabia. He reported that the gum was dangerous to harvest because of winged snakes that guard the trees, and that the smoke from burning storax would drive the snakes away. Pliny the Elder also mentioned frankincense in his Naturalis Historia.

Frankincense was reintroduced to Western Europe by Frankish Crusaders, and other Western Europeans on their journeys to the Eastern Roman Empire where it was commonly used in church services. Although named frankincense, the name refers to the quality of incense brought to Western Europe, not to the Franks themselves.

Southern Arabia was an exporter of frankincense in antiquity, with some of it being traded as far as China. The 13th-century Chinese writer and customs inspector Zhao Rugua wrote that: Ruxiang or xunluxiang (Chinese: 乳香 rǔ xiāng/ 薰陸香 xūn lù xiāng) comes from the three Dashi states (Chinese: 大食 dàshí - Caliphate (Arab Muslims)) of Maloba (Murbat), Shihe (Shihr), and Nufa (Dhofar), from the depths of the remotest mountains; the trunk of the tree is notched with a hatchet, upon which the resin flows out, and, when hardened, turns into incense, which is gathered and made into lumps; it is transported on elephants to the Dashi ports, then on ship to Sanfoqi; which is why it was known as a product of Sanfoqi.

In the Book of Exodus frankincense is mentioned among other fragrant spices, when God gives Moses a recipe for a sacred incense. In Matthew 2:11, the Magi brought to the newborn Jesus the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.