Love that ceremonial incense? Turns out you’ve been getting stoned!
Surprise, surprise.
Religious leaders have contended for millennia that
burning incense is good for the soul. Now, biologists have learned
that it is good for our brains too.
In a new study…an international team of scientists…describe how burning frankincense (resin from the Boswellia plant) activates poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety or depression.
This suggests that an entirely new class of depression and anxiety drugs might be right under our noses…
“This study also provides a biological explanation for millennia-old spiritual practices that have persisted across time, distance, culture, language, and religion-burning incense really does make you feel warm and tingly all over!”
And if you feel warm and tingly it must be good for you. Right?
In a new study…an international team of scientists…describe how burning frankincense (resin from the Boswellia plant) activates poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety or depression.
This suggests that an entirely new class of depression and anxiety drugs might be right under our noses…
“This study also provides a biological explanation for millennia-old spiritual practices that have persisted across time, distance, culture, language, and religion-burning incense really does make you feel warm and tingly all over!”
And if you feel warm and tingly it must be good for you. Right?
Posted: Fri - May 23, 2008 at 08:21 AM