Incense makes you happy!
May. 20th, 2008 09:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beetiger Or at least, one of the major components of frankincense affects areas in the brains of mice which are associated with anti-anxiety and anti-depressive effects.
It's unclear from the abstract whether they actually administered the chemical by inhalation -- they seem to be implying that, but I find it unlikely. I'm going to have to pony up the $7 to flex my rusty neuro chops on the actual article to find out.
I know burning frankincense makes *me* happy.
It's unclear from the abstract whether they actually administered the chemical by inhalation -- they seem to be implying that, but I find it unlikely. I'm going to have to pony up the $7 to flex my rusty neuro chops on the actual article to find out.
I know burning frankincense makes *me* happy.
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Date: 2008-05-21 02:16 am (UTC)I can't burn stuff indoors so I get my smellies elsewhere. I might try burning outside on the fire pit tho.