Frankincense can be used in decoctions, dispersions, lotions, or made into poultices.
Frankincense is pungent, bitter, warm and goes to the heart, liver and spleen meridians. It has the effect of activating blood circulation, relieving pain, subduing swelling and regenerating muscle. It is mainly used for dysmenorrhea, menstrual closure, stomach and epigastric pain, rheumatism and paralysis, bruises and injuries, and sores and swelling.
Frankincense can be used with other traditional Chinese medicines to treat clinical internal, gynecological, external and injury stagnation and pain; or research into a fine powder, with other astringent drugs used together, the affected area, with the effect of swelling and pain, expectoration of corrosion and muscle growth; or with the blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, expectoration of wind and analgesic drugs, made into a lotion or ointment, used externally to treat bruises, bruises, stagnation, pain and swelling, and other conditions.
Clinically, if there is stagnation and pain, it is recommended to treat under the guidance of a professional physician, do not self-medication, in order to avoid adverse reactions.