Efficacy and function of agarwood
1. Medicinal value
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "It is heavy and pungent, slightly warm and non-toxic. Indications: Fengshui toxic swelling, eliminating evil spirits; The main heart is abdominal pain, cholera is evil, and the evil is suffocating, clearing people's minds; Regulating middle energizer, nourishing five internal organs, benefiting essence and strengthening yang, warming waist and knees, relieving spasm, vomiting and diarrhea, constipation, wind-cold paralysis, joint failure, rheumatic skin itching and gas dysentery; Tonifying the spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and calming the nerves. Treat qi against asthma, large intestine deficiency, urinary gas stranguria, male cold. " Efficacy: promoting qi circulation to relieve pain, warming to stop vomiting and relieving asthma. Can be used for the treatment of chest fullness, abdominal distension, and stuffy pain.
Stomach cold, vomiting, hiccup, kidney deficiency, qi deficiency, dyspnea, agarwood boiling water to make tea for health. The famous cardiac drug "Jiuxin" developed by Japanese medical circles is not only extracted from Aquilaria sinensis, but also plays an important role in the first aid of myocardial infarction and becomes an essential drug for patients with myocardial infarction.
These are just records in medical books. I am not a doctor, so I can't prove it! The biggest feeling of agarwood as a medicine is that whenever overeating and abdominal distension are uncomfortable, the first thing to do when you go home is that Nha Trang bugs miss boiled water. It usually takes about half an hour to take effect. It really works! However, it is said that not every agarwood can be used as medicine. If necessary, please consult a senior Chinese medicine practitioner.
2. agarwood and incense
Human beings live in infinite smells, and through perceptual and rational choices, they know how to use the spices around their lives, and gradually evolve into a part of perception education-fragrant road. This is a kind of life aesthetics produced by human beings from the enjoyment of olfactory function to the pursuit of spiritual cultivation. Xiangdao, simply speaking, is about "the art of incense", which is to combine the fragrance and smoke shape produced by spices with artistic incense props, the layout of the living environment of Xiangdao, elegant and beautiful methods of lighting incense and smelling incense, and create relevant literature, philosophy and artistic works through the above memories or associations, thus making people's lives more interesting.
Aquilaria sinensis plays an important role in fragrance. There are four kinds of incense: agarwood, sandalwood, Long Xianxiang and musk. The ancients often said "the musk deer", in which agarwood was the head. Even those who are not familiar with the term "xiangdao" believe that many people have heard of these four kinds of incense. Aquilaria sinensis is elegant and very rare, and has been listed as the first fragrance since ancient times. Unlike sandalwood, agarwood is not a kind of wood, but a special fragrant tree mixed with oil (resin).
Solid condensate of components and wood components. Aquilaria sinensis has a strong calming effect, which helps the brain to have a good rest and regulate the breath. Good ring incense not only affects our support, but also affects people's health. Good ring incense has strong breathability. If you order one, it can penetrate about 40 to 50 square meters, which can improve the bad environment and smell. Good agarwood, if you calm down a little and smell the fragrance again, you will feel a cool breath sinking from your throat, which is very comfortable. If there is a moldy place in the room, once it is smoked, it will no longer be moldy.
3. Aquilaria sinensis and Buddhism
Incense is a common solemnity in pure land, a yearning for human life, and a world that makes people feel comfortable. In Chinese Sadness Sutra and Yepo Sutra, it is stated that incense is one of the most remarkable solemnities of pure land. There are also pure lands where incense is recorded, such as the fragrant land in the Vimalakīrti Classic, and the Huayan Classic also says that the world of China and Tibet is surrounded by countless fragrant seas.
The agarwood forest has a beautiful environment for people to practice and grow up, which is very suitable for the landscape of leisure and spiritual cultivation areas. It does not crowd out other tree species, and a peaceful and clean environment makes people happy and enlightened.
Buddha said: How high a tree is, how deep its roots are. There is no need to spray pesticides when planting. It has the characteristics of driving without killing. It is the most compassionate tree species and the best environment for practice. Reflect the wisdom of Buddhism, and all living beings become Buddhas.
In Buddhism, agarwood powder and tablets are generally used for meditation or chanting, purifying and burning, while the higher ones are used for drinking incense. You can also make beads to hang on your body and wrist. When chanting, stir the beads, heat the fragrance by body temperature, and at the same time distribute the fragrance to calm the mind. . . Good fragrance is not only the best product to clean the environment and body and mind, but also beneficial to the practice of body and mind, and can truly express the highest respect for Buddha and Bodhisattva.
Generally speaking, traditional incense is a mixture of sticky powder (natural plants, such as elm bark mentioned in Compendium of Materia Medica) and agarwood powder. All the ingredients come from nature, so it will not produce toxic and harmful substances after burning incense, and its fragrance also has the function of purifying the soul and keeping healthy. At present, the incense on the market is generally 5 grams to 20 grams in a pack, and the price ranges from 10 yuan to 1000 yuan, with great differences in quality. Among them, some inferior thread incense is made of cheap sawdust powder with low oil content, chemical essence, chemical adhesive, flame retardant and combustion improver, which will produce pollutants after ignition, which is not only harmful to human body, but also extremely harmful. Remind our friends to pay attention.
Quality and use of agarwood thread incense
Speaking of agarwood collection, people naturally think of ornaments, beads, bracelets and other collectibles. In fact, agarwood is not only a collectible and advanced aromatherapy material, but also a rare medicinal material with antibacterial and immune enhancing effects in nature. The aroma emitted when she smokes and burns has the effects of promoting qi circulation, relieving pain, stopping vomiting and relieving asthma. At the same time, it can also soothe the nerves and help sleep, improve the body's immunity, and relieve headaches and excessive stress. Therefore, agarwood is not only a simple collection, but also a collection of fragrance, recuperation and decompression. In the process of collection, it can not only improve the quality of life of collectors, but also play an emergency role in dealing with some emergencies and serious diseases. For simple home life, agarwood also has the effect of sterilization and improving air quality.
The topic of "health preservation" has always been a hot topic, and "fragrance", the simplest and easy-to-use health preservation method, has always prevailed in the court. From the emperors and nobles in China, even today's Arab and Japanese royal aristocrats have the habit of incense and health preservation with agarwood. For the fast-paced life in modern society and the high-pressure urbanites who are busy and anxious all day, incense is a rare good product for purifying the soul and preserving health. One of the most effective and simple methods is to use agarwood incense.
Here's how to distinguish the fragrance added with chemical essence for the reference of fragrance friends:
The thread fragrance added with chemical essence will smell heavier if it is not lit. When you open the incense cone, you can smell the fragrance obviously. At present, there are many chemical flavors on the market, with various flavors, some of which are fresh and rich. After adding linear fragrance, some of them will produce sweetness similar to agarwood, but basically there is no sweet aftertaste and salivating feeling of natural agarwood. On the contrary, they will have dry throat and astringent tongue, just like putting a lot of monosodium glutamate in the dish, which tastes fresh, but the aftertaste is not good after eating. Because it is a chemical essence product, the expressive force of fragrance will be stronger after lighting, so we should attach great importance to this kind of linear fragrance.
In fact, the natural agarwood thread fragrance except Qinan smells very light or even odorless. Because some other natural wood powder is added as the adhesive when making the thread incense, it will emit different scents after lighting, such as smelling it at close range and even choking some flavors, and the really soft and delicious fragrance will be slowly released. At the same time, we need our users to have certain knowledge and correct methods to smell the benefits of natural agarwood.
1. Don't go near each other. Smell the fragrance with your nose, and there will be a lot of miscellaneous smells pouring into your nasal cavity.
2. The thread incense ignited by an open flame must first smell of smoke, which is not suitable for immediate smell, otherwise it will smell of smoke instead of fragrance.
3. The incense burner or incense box bearing incense cannot be placed too high or too low, and should be placed in an inconspicuous position below the head or in a position parallel to the chest.
4. Place the thread incense in the incense burner or incense box, and wait for about 1 minute, and the fragrance will flow out with the cigarette. At this time, you can smell the fragrance floating in the downwind position, or you can guide the fragrance flow by hand.
5. Keep the fragrance environment breathable, but not too ventilated. Let the fragrance spread naturally and gracefully, and don't be fleeting because of too much ventilation.
Summary: Information about the efficacy and function of agarwood, the quality and usage of agarwood is introduced here. I hope this article is helpful to everyone. If you still don't understand, please leave me a message below and we will answer you as soon as possible.