Chewing frankincense

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Yesterday a friend of our host came to join our team and help with our project here. The guy got me hooked on chewing natural frankincense resin. It is like chewing gum with a very fresh taste which I find difficult to describe. He got his resins from Oman. There are many grades of it apparently. We are chewing Green Hojari, which I understand is one of the highest grades. I had to check if it got you high or was psychoactive in some other way before I tried it and it isn't. It is way more expensive than your regular chewing gum though.

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[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

I need to try this.  I wonder if I can buy some online to try.  I don't think it grows naturally around here anywhere. 

Athena

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I think it only grows in the south of the arabian peninsula. The ones that also grow in Somalia and India are a different type I understand. I was told that quality is important too, most of the resins sold are for burning not for taking internally / chewing. And it is expensive, the one we chewed here is slightly below 30 pounds (around 50 Canadian dollars) for 25 grams I was told (they did not charge of course, ha ha).

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Yeah I tried google and nothing but the stuff you burn for incense.  50.00 damn that's not cheap gum. 

Ah well I'll stick to the incense.  It does smell nice. 

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

Good choice. I hope I won't get addicted and won't have to buy as well.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

It is supposed to be good for oral health from what I read on Google.   So if you do get addicted just think of the dentist visits you'll avoid ha!

[topum.livejournal.com]

Only visited the dentist for checkups and teeth cleaning so far, all teeth are in order, haven't had a single cavity yet.

[found-world.livejournal.com]

https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Green-Hojari-Frankincense-Boswellia/dp/B00VAVQBII/

[topum.livejournal.com]

That's a good price I think. Our host's friend gets his from here:
http://www.freeyoursenses.co.uk/online-store/4581774851/green-hojari---omani/7238102
It seems to be more expensive there.

[found-world.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link. I just spent a few minutes looking over a .gov study on cancer and frankincense.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes, he told me about its healing properties too but I was most interested in its taste and the refreshing feeling in my mouth. I might drop in to that frankincense store in London, it is in Camden Market but usually I get into stuff like this for a very short period of time and then forget about it and move on to something new.

[found-world.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I've ever even smelled frankincense, but this has gotten me curious.

[sagittariusbun.livejournal.com]

You can chew frankincense? Holy fuck.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Needs to be a special grade suitable for internal consumption.

[sagittariusbun.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I see!

[slobberpuppy.livejournal.com]

I burn frankincense resin, but I have never tried chewing it. Interesting.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I was told the one usually used for burning is not suitable for internal consumption in most cases. One needs higher grade resin for chewing.

[slobberpuppy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - I'd' never imagine resin meant for burning would be food-grade.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I would. I am stupid enough at these things.

[slobberpuppy.livejournal.com]

Lol! I think working in ceramics during my teens made me highly aware of food safe and not food safe grades.

[shortsweetcynic.livejournal.com]

awesome, did not know this was a thing you could chew. i've been looking into getting it in essential oil form after a class i took last week.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Aparently people in Oman and Yemen have been doing it for ages. You would need higher grade resin than the one usually sold for burning.

[topum.livejournal.com]

What kind of course was it?

[shortsweetcynic.livejournal.com]

it was about incorporating different types of essential oils into a daily routine for overall well-being; in my case, I was looking into additional strategies to manage anxiety. Frankincense came highly recommended for just about everything. :)