Every once in a while I get people reaching out to ask me if frankincense can heal cancer. There is no simple answer. Cancer is such a complicated beast, it requires an entire new way of being. Home environment, household cleaners, clothing fabrics, water quality, diet, supplements, exercise, noise, meditation, sleep, stress reduction, health psychology, toxins, allergens, radiation levels… everything needs to be looked at and reorganized. Chemo works for some and it doesn’t work for others. At the end the day, the body needs to be strong and fueled with the right stuff —spiritual, emotional, psychological, environmental, and nutritional components that heal. Frankincense has been used in traditional medicine for centuries. It has been a panacea of a sort. This resin is painstakingly collected from Boswellia trees and is believed to offer a vast array of health benefits. For that reason, it was one of three gifts that the wise men offered to Jesus. Clinical Research Modern day examination confirms that substances found in frankincense do indeed fight inflammation, speed up healing and promote uterine health. This direct impact on inflammation may subsequently affect cancer, as a number of studies link cancer to inflammation. Boswellic acid, for example, has been found to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase. It may also dismantle free radicals and regulate cytokines — the signaling molecules that use inflammation to evoke immune response. Small studies show that frankincense may also target cancer cells directly without injuring healthy tissue. This is the disadvantage of chemotherapy. The side effects of pharmacological treatments are numerous and intense: people often lose their hair, vomit, experience debilitating weakness and nausea, and become more vulnerable to fungal, bacterial and viral infections. A recent Polish study, citing 91 additional references, describes frankincense's ability to create apoptosis or controlled cancer cell death: “[Boswellic acid] inhibits proliferation of tumour cells of the leukaemia and glioblastoma subset. The components of Boswellia have an anti-tumour effect since they inhibit topoisomerase I and II-alpha and stimulate programmed cell death (apoptosis).” Read the study here. A few months earlier, Omani researchers found anti-cancerous effects in patients with breast, ovarian and liver cancer. Cancer cells were not only dismantled, future proliferation was also disrupted. They also concluded: “α-Pinene [found in frankincense] is reported to be an efficient antibacterial agent and it elicits cytotoxicity against different array of tumor cell lines such as human ovarian cancer (SK-OV-3 and HO-8910), human hepatocellular liver carcinoma (Bel-7402) [13] and neuroblastoma cells [14].” Read the study here. Another study conducted at University of Oklahoma researched frankincense's effect on bladder cancer, and produced similar results. Frankincense killed cancer cells without injuring healthy tissue: “Frankincense oil appears to distinguish cancerous from normal bladder cells and suppress cancer cell viability. Microarray and bioinformatics analysis proposed multiple pathways that can be activated by frankincense oil to induce bladder cancer cell death. Frankincense oil might represent an alternative intravesical agent for bladder cancer treatment.” Read the study here. A Word of Caution Please note that ingesting frankincense oil can be toxic and it is important that clean supplements like this one are used. A scientific formulation like this one has worked out a safe dosage. It is still up to you to discuss your treatment with your doctor and to research potential side effects. Frankincense alone should never constitute a cancer treatment. Although frankincense is a natural resin, it may be poorly tolerated in rare instances. Ask your physician if these boswellia capsules are right for you. Resources:
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