In many parts of the world, Daphne is a precious spice, which is used to burn incense, extract spices, add them to wine, or directly carve them into decorations. Daphne odora is also called Shenshuixiang. Aquilaria wood is hard, most of it does not float in water, and it is slightly bitter and sweet. When burning, the smoke gives off a strong aroma and black oil seeps out. Daphne odora is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian and other places in China. The quality of Aquilaria sinensis (Xinzhou Xiang) produced in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore is the highest in East Asia.
The health benefits of Daphne odora are as follows:
Effect on smooth muscle
Shenxiangshui decoction can inhibit spontaneous contraction of isolated guinea pig ileum. It has antagonistic effect on spastic contraction caused by histamine and acetylcholine. Jiushen decoction can obviously slow down the small intestine propulsion induced by neostigmine in mice, showing the antispasmodic effect of smooth muscle.
be anticancer
The latest research found that agarwood also has obvious anti-cancer effect.
Effect on digestive system
The boiled alcohol precipitate of Aquilaria sinensis can inhibit the spontaneous contraction of isolated guinea pig ileum and antagonize the spasmodic contraction caused by histamine and acetylcholine. Abdominal injection of agarwood water-boiled alcohol precipitation solution into the whole animal can slow down the intestinal propulsion induced by neostigmine in mice, showing the spasmolytic effect of intestinal smooth muscle.
Effect on central nervous system
Oral administration of agarwood benzene extract can obviously prolong the sleep time of cyclohexylbarbital in mice.
antibiosis
The domestic agarwood decoction has a complete inhibitory effect on human tuberculosis; It also has strong antibacterial effect on typhoid fever and Shigella flexneri.
anesthetize
The volatile oil of Aquilaria Resinatum has the functions of anesthesia, analgesia and muscle relaxation.
Calm; calm
Aquilaria sinensis has inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. It can calm and stop asthma. When the weather is hot and dry in summer, agarwood can be used to soothe the nerves.