What is mind blowing to me is, plants and their oils were not only historically used for medicine, trade and barter but also as a means destroy the health of a kingdom. Destroy the groves of cypress or frankinsence and the community’s form of employment, trade and medicine is gone. Groves of plants and trees could bring in so much health and wealth to a city.  People like Cleopatra, Queen of Sheba, King Solomon, King Herod and many more knew the financial and health benefits of groves of trees/plants and oils.