Boswella is an herbal that has natural anti-inflammatory properties and is a plant medicine that is native to India, which is often referred to as Indian frankincense. The herbal has been used for pain relieve for arthritis and other conditions for centuries, due to its natural anti-inflammatory properties and natural pain relief properties.
This herbal medicine comes from the boswellia serratra tree, the bark and resin of the tree is where the pain relieving and anti-inflammatory properties are found and these are called salai guggal. It is possible to find anti-inflammatory creams that have this powerful pain relieving resin as one of its active ingredients to treat conditions like arthritis. But this is also a herbal that can be used to treat more chronic illness like ulcerative colitis.
Prior to using this herbal remedy for the treatment of chronic pain, it should be discussed with the physician and in many cases is not recommended for people with heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes. This is a anti-inflammatory that does not have all the side effects associated with prescription or over the counter pain medications, so in many cases it is more effective to use over chemical medications. |