Boswellia Serrata is a tree found in India, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Strips of bark are peeled away, yielding a gummy oleo-resin that contains oils, terpenoids, and gum.
The gum resin from Boswellia has been used extensively in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine to treat a variety of conditions.
Among these conditions are: chronic ulcers, pain, inflammation, diseased bones, rheumatic and nervous diseases, urinary tract disorders, skin diseases, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea, sore nipples, ringworm, jaundice, diarrhoea, dysentery, dyspepsia and haemorrhoids.