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Indian frankincense

boswellia (Boswellia serrata)

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Reported Uses

  • NOTE: see Herb & Supplement Effectiveness Rating Definitions table
  • allergic rhinitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • Alzheimer disease [Insufficient Evidence]
  • arthralgia, aromatase inhibitor-induced [Insufficient Evidence]
  • asthma [Insufficient Evidence]
  • back pain [Insufficient Evidence]
  • brain tumor [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cluster headache [Insufficient Evidence]
  • COVID-19 [Insufficient Evidence]
  • Crohn disease [Insufficient Evidence]
  • diabetes mellitus, type 2 [Insufficient Evidence]
  • diarrhea [Insufficient Evidence]
  • dysmenorrhea [Insufficient Evidence]
  • exercise-induced muscle soreness [Insufficient Evidence]
  • IBS [Insufficient Evidence]
  • knee pain [Insufficient Evidence]
  • heavy menstrual bleeding [Insufficient Evidence]
  • microscopic colitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • osteoarthritis [Possibly Effective]
  • pain, acute [Insufficient Evidence]
  • pharyngitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • postop pain [Insufficient Evidence]
  • prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
  • rheumatoid arthritis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • rhinosinusitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • stroke [Insufficient Evidence]
  • traumatic brain injury [Insufficient Evidence]
  • ulcerative colitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • urinary incontinence [Insufficient Evidence]
  • UTI [Insufficient Evidence]

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