Oval-leaf frankincense (Boswellia ovalifolia)

椭圆叶乳香树tuǒ yuán yè rǔ xiāng shùTuoyuanyeruxiangshu

Boswellia ovalifolia · Plant

Boswellia, standing in for Boswellia ovalifolia
This photo shows Boswellia, not Boswellia ovalifolia: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May interact with anti-inflammatory medications.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Oval-leaf frankincense for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Joint PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Oval-leaf frankincense does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Boswellia ovalifolia and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Joint Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records