原料介紹｜索馬利亞乳香 (Frankincense)

▎精油簡介

優選產自索馬利亞，溫暖乾燥的加勒卡約地區。位於東非的索馬利亞加勒卡約地區，屬亞熱帶和熱帶沙漠氣候，終年高溫，乾燥少雨。這樣的氣候條件種植的乳香特別強韌。

索馬利亞乳香樹能適應貧瘠乾燥的環境，樹皮中流出乳白色樹脂，清新又悠遠的香氣，宛若一位深沉智者徐徐述說著歷史的沉澱。

▎成分解析

｜主要成分：單萜烯

索馬利亞乳香中，含有大量的單萜烯，主要成分為α-松油萜，初聞之下能瞬間開闊呼吸，且具黏膜保護作用；倍半萜稀中的沒藥稀具有很好的緩解發炎功效；含有高含量不同的酯類成分，能使呼吸加深、緩和，進而讓人產生平靜的感覺，可以使身、心、靈達到和諧、合一的放鬆效果，索馬里乳香也可以幫助行氣走竄、調理血瘀，同時在身上的作用時效也比較長。

｜成分1：α-松萜烯(α-pinene)

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｜比較索馬里乳香和印度乳香的差異

俗名	索馬利亞乳香	印度乳香
拉丁學名	Boswellia carterii	Boswellia serrata
別名	阿拉伯乳香、東非乳香	-
產地	索馬利亞	印度
成分	α-松萜烯、沒藥稀、酯類	醚類和酯類

｜藥用乳香的品種主要有4種

• 卡氏乳香樹Boswellia carterii Birdw.，分佈在阿曼、葉門、索馬里。
• 乳香樹Boswellia sacra Fluck.，分佈在索馬里。
• 紙乳香樹Boswellia papyrifera (Del) Hochst.，分佈在衣索比亞、蘇丹、厄利垂亞、奈及利亞、烏干達、喀麥隆、中非共和國、查德。
• 齒葉乳香樹Boswellia serrata Roxb. ，分佈在印度。乳香根據顏色，純度，年齡，香氣，形狀和產地進行分級。

｜乳香小知識

乳香因為價格較貴，而鬆香與乳香性狀相似，市場上常有用松脂或鬆香、澱粉摻制的偽劣品出現，2012年抽樣的50件樣品中，有23件為偽劣品，其中22件驗出松香酸，13件驗出澱粉。 2017年抽驗5個不同地區（亳州、杭州、成都、上海、重慶）市售乳香，顯示皆為衣索比亞乳香，其中含量均符合標準，然而卻發現有不同程度的摻偽松香酸。松香中的松香酸換算所摻入的松香均小於0.1%，但是松香酸有小毒，長期對人體有其危害，因此對乳香進行松香酸的檢查有其必要性。

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