Human's love for incense is innate, just like a recent love affair. Incense, arousing the spirituality of the soul in euphoria, can adjust the breath, dredge the nasal cavity, enlighten the mind, and reconcile the body and mind between the tangible and the intangible, which has endless magical uses.
As early as the pre-Qin period, spices were widely used in life. From scholar-officials to ordinary people, they have the habit of wearing sachets and herbs with them. The Song Dynasty is the peak of the development of incense, and the use of incense has become an indispensable part for ordinary people to pursue a better life.
Incense can be seen everywhere in life. There are "fragrant shops" and "fragrant people" in the market, and there are also businesses that specialize in making "fragrant seals". Even restaurants have "Xiangpo", offering incense to customers at any time. People purify their hearts, feel life and place their feelings in the cigarette smoke, which greatly develops the value of incense in daily life.
A really good smell is not only charming, but also permeates people's hearts, calms people down and produces a sense of pleasure. ? In terms of disease prevention and health care, "in the traditional culture of China, incense has always been regarded as an important way of health care in traditional Chinese medicine.
As early as the Han Dynasty, incense was used to prevent diseases. Hua Tuo, a famous doctor, made sachets of cloves and Stemona and hung them in his room to prevent tuberculosis. There are also examples of aromatherapy in modern times, such as health care products such as medicine pillows. Li Shizhen, a physician in Ming Dynasty, used thread incense to "fumigate sores and tinea".
In the medical archives of the Qing Palace, Cixi and Guangxu used fragrant hair prescription, soap prescription and fragrant bath prescription with rich contents. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, aromatherapy is the "odor therapy" in external therapy. All kinds of woody or herbal aromatic drugs, through the smell produced by burning, can play the role of immunity to ward off evil spirits, sterilization and disinfection, refreshing the brain and improving intelligence, moistening the lungs and calming the nerves.
Choose and use incense.
Good spices mainly include sandalwood, agarwood, borneol and musk. There are many kinds of incense in the market, with different quality. The most important thing to identify the quality of a fragrant product is to smell its aroma.
The aroma of good quality incense generally has the following characteristics: fresh and refreshing, and it will not be dizzy after a long time; Wake up and refresh yourself, and smell it with pleasure, which makes people calm; The fragrance is mellow, moderate in shade, and does not feel pungent after deep breathing; Even if the fragrance is rich, it will not feel tired, even if it is light, its fragrance is clearly discernible; The fragrance made of natural spices can often feel some slight astringency and medicinal taste, but it is more intriguing than the medicinal taste.