What is the function and efficacy of agarwood powder?
Xiang culture has been a treasure in China's historical and cultural treasure house since ancient times. In ancient times, incense has always been loved by literati, and incense culture is also very common among the people. Aquilaria sinensis has always been known as the "head of incense" in incense culture. Its fragrance is fresh and pleasant, and it is also the most attractive place. Most people use agarwood powder to incense. In recent years, due to over-exploitation, agarwood resources are increasingly scarce. For agarwood, agarwood powder is often used in people's daily life.
Aquilaria powder is a high-grade aromatherapy product made of natural agarwood and processed by special technology. After lighting, the room is full of fragrance, emitting the smell of natural agarwood. Pregnant and chronically ill patients will feel that their hearts are calm and their kidneys are rising. The innate foundation and the acquired body can get the greatest peace under the breath of agarwood! It is by no means comparable to the fragrance made of chemical spices.
Aquilaria powder has advantages and disadvantages. To distinguish the quality of agarwood powder, you must get angry. There is no chemical smell in the smell, and it is a natural agarwood, which is worth using by Buddhists. Long-term vegetarians should trust their sense of smell. The smell contains plastics, chemicals, pungent smells, etc. It must be fake agarwood. There is no doubt about it. Natural high-quality agarwood powder, light yellow smoke color; The smoke color of acid agarwood powder is blue; Cold knot or other low-grade agarwood powder is black in smoke. What is really used to identify agarwood is the nose, not the eyes! So be sure to incense first and know what the real taste of agarwood is.
The natural agarwood powder in nature has absolutely no medicinal taste. The general taste of agarwood is sweet, creamy, cold, mellow, floral and fruity. Due to the special reasons for the formation of agarwood, generally speaking, there is no way to crush trees without resin. That is to say, the higher the balsam content, the finer the crushing, and the more natural and pure agarwood flavor can be realized. The more completely the agarwood powder is burned, the closer the central part of the incense ash is to white.
Natural agarwood powder has many functions and functions. Natural agarwood powder is an ideal Chinese medicine, which can be taken as granule or decoction.
There are many kinds of agarwood, each with a different fragrance. Aquilaria sinensis is a pure natural product, with long fragrance, fresh and elegant, which can make people happy physically and mentally. Brewing and drinking agarwood powder is the way to keep warm and keep fit. Brewing agarwood powder, its aroma can refresh the mind and make people feel refreshed. Long-term drinking can nourish the body and mind and make people calm. In addition, taking agarwood powder before going to bed can soothe the nerves and help sleep. Aquilaria powder is also a good decoction, which is generally mixed with other Chinese medicines. Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum powder tastes bitter, belonging to kidney and spleen family, which can regulate spleen and stomach and relieve asthma.
Aquilaria powder is very beneficial to our physical and mental functions, and we can make good use of it in our lives after in-depth understanding.
Species of agarwood in the market today
1, pure natural agarwood, is already very rare. Buddhists should not take chances and buy fake agarwood at a high price. Most of the agarwood on the market is fake agarwood after brewing and counterfeiting.
2. The current agarwood is the product of current technology, such as hanging medicine bottles into trees, cutting fire with knives and other external forces. Aquilaria sinensis obtained from liquid medicine cannot be used as medicine and is not recommended for Buddhists. Aquilaria sinensis which can be obtained by external force. The difference between the two is entirely based on experience. The agarwood extracted by the former potion is not thick enough and has a slight smell. After many years, vegetarians should be very sensitive to smells, and it is easy to distinguish between natural and spiced tastes.
3, Daphne tablets, use as little as possible, most of them are fake brewing products. Because agarwood is rotten wood with high oil content, it is impossible to have a smooth surface.
4, agarwood powder, divided into two types. Most agarwood powder as fine as flour is fake. I don't know what's in the powder. Black merchants can sell for every gram of 50 yuan. The other is agarwood powder composed of fine particles, which can see the original state of wood structure and particle agarwood powder and can be used. The reasonable market price is about per gram 10-20 yuan.
5, the name of agarwood, the name of agarwood should not be greasy, what Indonesia, Vietnam, Hainan, agarwood powder grade difference lies in the oil content. High oil content, thick and lasting taste.
6. To identify the quality of agarwood powder, it must be lit. There is no natural agarwood with chemical taste in the smell, which is worth using by Buddhists. Long-term vegetarians should trust their sense of smell. The smell contains plastics, chemicals, pungent smells, etc. It must be fake agarwood. There is no doubt about it.
7. The products of agarwood incense are mostly synthesized by modern science and technology spices, which are cheap and easy to distinguish, and are mostly produced in Taiwan Province Province. The agarwood product containing more than 70% agarwood particles is very good. Because there must be adhesives, combustion-supporting materials and other materials in the incense, it can't be 100% agarwood raw materials. Only particle powder of agarwood is 100% raw material. Even the best agarwood products are not as primitive and natural as agarwood powder.
Second, the use of agarwood powder
1, used alone, lit with tools such as large and small incense seals. Advantages: pure taste; Disadvantages, some waste.
2, comprehensive use, mixing agarwood powder and sandalwood powder, such as 1: 1 according to personal preferences. After mixed use, the taste is also agarwood. Advantages, economy. Disadvantages: there is no heavy smell of agarwood lit separately.
3. It is not recommended to use electronic incense burners. Long-term use of electronic incense burners is likely to cause nausea. After use, use sandalwood powder or agarwood powder to light the lamp, which has a distorted taste and an odor.
4. It is suggested that when practicing dharma, agarwood can be used as a gift of Buddha on the Christmas day of Buddha and Bodhisattva, the anniversary of founder Dade or Buddhist festivals. On weekdays, I use it for sensory enjoyment and pursuit of fragrance, which is to eliminate happiness.
5. Stay away from the so-called fragrance, and pursue the integrity and exquisiteness of fragrance utensils and fragrance performances. If you pursue it too much, it is a Buddhist plaything. For beginners or people who have never studied Buddhism, you can try to pursue incense sticks and incense sticks. After all, this pursuit and hobby is much stronger than playing mahjong, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.