Popular names: smoking resin, incense.
Pharmacy name: resin obtained by tapping the bark – Olibanum.
Botanical description. A small tree that impresses with its suppressed growth and resembles small fruit trees. It grows in Somalia, Egypt, South Arabia.
Active ingredients: resin, gums, essential oil, bitterness, mucus.
Application. Olibanum is sometimes still used as an ingredient in products for constipation resulting from biliary insufficiency.
Burser – Burseraccae.
Popular names: smoking resin, incense.
Pharmacy name: resin obtained by tapping the bark – Olibanum.
Botanical description. A small tree that impresses with its suppressed growth and resembles small fruit trees. It grows in Somalia, Egypt, South Arabia.
Active ingredients: resin, gums, essential oil, bitterness, mucus.
Application. Olibanum is sometimes still used as an ingredient in products for constipation resulting from biliary insufficiency.