I bought some frankincense gum. The Boswellia Serrata type taste something between pine and rosemary. Different from the incense types which fragrance I never could take much of.
To powder it, just freeze it and grind in a coffee grinder or a mortar. Then it can be taken as a herb by the spoon. Taste good!
“Boswellic acids interact with several different proteins that are part of inflammatory reactions, but most of all with an enzyme which is responsible for the synthesis of prostaglandin E2, [these] acids block this enzyme efficiently and thereby reduce the inflammatory reaction,” he says.
Prostaglandin E2 is one of the mediators of the immune response and plays a decisive role in the process of inflammation, in the development of fever and of pain. Werz says he is convinced that the active substances can be very beneficial in therapies against diseases like asthma, rheumatoid arthritis or atopic dermatitis." http://www.nyrnaturalnews.com/herbal-remedies/2012/07/frankincense-natures-anti-inflammatory/