Frankincense: One of Several Anti-Inflammatory Nutrients

Gold. Frankincense. Myrrh. Three gifts mentioned around the holidays often are neglected the rest of the year…except gold. We do hear a lot about gold! Well, frankincense is among several nutrients and phytonutrients getting more attention for its anti-inflammatory factors. Patients at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic are quite aware that we chatter on about inflammation and its part in Fernandina Beach back pain and neck pain a lot, so anti-inflammatory supplements with anti-inflammatory nutrients are welcome!

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY NUTRIENTS

A recent narrative review of medical literature regarding the effects of certain nutrients and phytonutrients on immune system function and on inflammation reduction concluded that patients with all sorts of health issues, minor to severe, may well benefit from daily supplementation of acetyl-L-carnitine, Vitamin C, Aloe vera polysaccharides, Vitamin B12, beta-glucans, bilberry, black seed oil, coenzyme Q10, curcumin (turmeric), garlic, resveratrol, ginger, hydrolyzed rice bran, lipoic acid, mistletoe, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), omega-3 fatty acids, Vitamin E (d-alpha- and gamma-tocopherol), selenium, shiitake mushroom and its derivatives, isoflavones, Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc, and frankincense. Such supplementation may be added to conventional medications and medical interventions. The goal of said supplementation is to decrease inflammation which is regulated by the immune system and which is a contributing factor to chronic disease as well as acute illness. The review covered many specifics like how supplements affected inflammatory and immune factors - whose names you may not know very well yet play a role in your health - like interferon-g, nuclear factor-Kappa B, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-a, and CD4+ T cells, among others. Studies like these are getting lots of attention today as the demand to prevent chronic illness and reduce the severity of acute illnesses of all sorts that people globally are dealing with. (1) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is eager to see these developments in the more natural approaches to health come about!

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FRANKINCENSE

You’ll notice that frankincense was one of the nutrients talked about above. A new study highlighted the benefits of its supplementation.  Frankincense is an oil extract taken from the Boswellia tree. It’s been used in anti-inflammatory folk remedies for a long time. Using bowellic acids like the 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-βBA (AKBA) are unique anti-inflammatory factors of frankincense. In combination with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosahexaenoic acid (EPA), it promoted lipid mediator change of innate immune cells from pro-inflammatory to boosted anti-inflammatory action of frankincense from Boswellic acid. (2) For Amelia Chiropractic Clinic, frankincense needs to be gifted year-round and not just at the holidays! Nutritional findings like this are just so interesting, particularly when we acknowledge that inflammation has a role in spine-related pain that we treat every day. Let’s talk about our anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement at your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the communication between the immune system and inflammation as well as how spinal manipulation can beneficially impact the immune system.

Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment now to visit us! Though we’re not sure when myrrh will get its due, we’ll be happy to see that frankincense is getting its due for the role it may have in decreasing inflammation!

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