Daphne is a kind of wood, perfume and traditional Chinese medicine, and it is the oily part of dried wood of Aquilaria sinensis or Aquilaria sinensis. After being stimulated by trauma or Zhen Hong yeast infection, the core of Daphne plants will secrete a lot of resin with strong fragrance. These parts are also called "water agarwood" because of their high density.
The word "Shen" in the ancient saying "Shen Musk" refers to agarwood. Aquilaria sinensis is elegant and very rare, and has been listed as the first fragrance since ancient times.
The value of agarwood can be divided into medicinal value and economic value.
Medicinal value:
Medicinal agarwood is a fungus that invades and parasitizes the trunk of this species after injury. Under the action of enzymes in bacteria, starch stored in wood parenchyma cells produced a series of changes, and finally formed balsam, which was deposited for many years. For sustainable utilization, it is urgent to protect and develop this precious medicinal plant, which has been listed as a national second-class protected endangered tree species.
Daphne odora is a kind of fragrant wood: smelling its fragrance can stimulate the central nervous system to balance emotions, clear five or six pulses, soothe the nerves, refresh the mind, reduce heart fire and liver fire, and treat heart qi stagnation. It is a valuable medicinal material in medicine.
Economic value:
When agarwood is ground into powder, made into thread incense or wrapped incense for fumigation, the fragrance produced is fragrant and intoxicating, and it has many health-care effects such as refreshing the brain, soothing emotions, calming the heart, regulating breathing, assisting sleep and regulating endocrine.
Aquilaria sinensis, because it contains resin, is rich in fragrance and expensive. It has a wide range of uses and high economic value.
There are many ways to make incense, but the principle is similar. Because of illness, a piece of high-quality natural agarwood takes decades or even hundreds of years to form, so it is rare and expensive!
Aquilaria sinensis is a precious medicinal material and one of the main spices in Xiangdao culture. Enjoy the reputation of "the first in fragrance" and "the king in fragrance"!
As far as fragrance is concerned, the fragrance of each agarwood producing area is very different, which is the most special point of agarwood compared with other spices. On the one hand, agarwood is rich in fragrance, on the other hand, there is a difference between good fragrance and poor fragrance in every place. We can't simply say that the incense in one area is valuable, and the incense in other areas is cheap.
Agarwood is a kind of agarwood. When a wound is formed on the surface or inside the agarwood, resin will gather around the wound in order to protect the injured part. When the accumulated resin concentration reaches a certain level, this part is removed, which is the available agarwood. However, wounds are not the only cause of resin coagulation, and agarwood resin will naturally form in the interior and rotten parts of trees.
Daphne is widely used. It can also be used for carving, and its unique fragrance is also the favorite collection of collectors since ancient times.