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How to make a Frankincense salve for health and beauty

by Dan Riegler on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017

Though all essential oils have therapeutic properties, you will not harness the full therapeutic potential of Frankincense unless you work with the whole oleo gum resin or the oleoresin portion.

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How to make an oil extract of Frankincense and other oleoresins

by Dan Riegler on July 30, 2014January 2, 2018

Though we rely heavily on essential oils to deliver the therapeutic properties of plants in our medicine and cosmetics, many of Frankincense’s therapeutic properties reside in the resin portion of these oleo-resins and are not available to us through steam or hydro distilled essential oils. Here is how to to utilize their full healing potential.

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