What is agarwood?
Aquilaria sinensis is not only a character in the novel, but also a medicinal name, belonging to Daphne family. At the same time, agarwood also refers to the resin-containing wood of agarwood; This paper mainly introduces agarwood, a medicinal plant of Daphne family.
Brief introduction of agarwood
Aquilaria sinensis is a dicotyledonous arbor plant of Daphne family. After being destroyed by nature, such as lightning, wind bending, moth-eaten, etc. Or man-made destruction, the oil secreted in the process of self-repair is infected by fungi, and the concentrated secretion is Aquilaria sinensis.
Main components of agarwood
Aquilaria sinensis has effects on digestive system and central nervous system. Its main component is volatile oil, which contains two new agarwood furan sesquiterpenes, namely aucklandia alcohol, dehydroxylenol, aucklandia aldehyde, benzyl acetone and p-methoxybenzyl acetone. The agarwood infected by mold contains agarwood spironolactone, agarwood furan, dihydroagarwood furan, 4- hydroxydihydroagarwood furan and 3,4-dihydroxydihydro. The agarwood that is not infected by mold contains sulfur, apigenin, linalool and so on.
Species of agarwood
Aquilaria sinensis can be divided into wild natural agarwood, Runnan agarwood and artificial agarwood.
1. Wild natural agarwood refers to the mixture of oil and wood secreted by Aegiceras mandshurica after being "injured". At the beginning of the wound, it will first form "seeds" and then may "spread", which is what we often call agarwood.
2. Qinan is a translated version of Cangnan and Galo. It is a dead symbiont, but the oil changes qualitatively in the process of alcoholization, forming a new substance completely different from Aquilaria sinensis. The difference between it and Aquilaria sinensis is that the surface of Runnan is dry, but it is almost oily after cutting; After heating, it can give off a taste different from agarwood. Moreover, Qin 'an is softer than agarwood, which will stick to teeth after chewing and taste spicy and hemp; Besides, agarwood will sink, but Qin An won't.
3. Artificial agarwood refers to people planting a large number of wind trees and artificially exerting external forces, such as drilling, burning and intubation. At present, there are large-scale planting in Taiwan Province Province, Hainan Province and Guangdong Province, claiming to be a complete success. The formation of artificial agarwood takes 8- 10 years, but it is completely different from natural wild agarwood.
What are the benefits of agarwood to human body?
Efficacy and function of agarwood in helping sleep
One of the effects and functions of Aquilaria Resinatum is that it can effectively help us to relieve insomnia symptoms, and it has many effects such as relieving flatulence, beauty beauty, relaxing bowels, soreness of waist and knees, degreasing, burping and vomiting, abdominal pain, qi stagnation of large intestine, chest and diaphragm congestion, asthma and so on. And it also has a good effect of warming kidney, benefiting qi and helping yang. Therefore, friends who are often troubled by insomnia can buy some agarwood at home, which can effectively help sleep.
Efficacy and function of agarwood-purifying air
Evergreen agarwood is not only an advanced greening tree species, but also has many functions and functions. It can also beautify the environment, purify the air around courtyards, communities, parks and cities, and plant agarwood trees on both sides of some streets. Aquilaria sinensis can not only beautify the environment, but also purify the air. Being under the agarwood tree has many functions such as refreshing and calming, which makes people feel relaxed, energetic and comfortable.
Efficacy and Function of Aquilaria Resinatum-Health Care
Tell everyone that agarwood also has health care effects. Because the fragrance of agarwood is a faint, elegant and quiet fragrance when burning, it is very easy to make people calm down and enter a peaceful state, thus naturally regulating the movement of qi in our body, dredging our internal organs, and having a very good effect on disease prevention and treatment, so agarwood is a natural health care product. In addition to fragrance, agarwood can also be taken orally, which can achieve better therapeutic effect.
Edible method of agarwood
We have a certain understanding of the efficacy and function of agarwood. Let's take a look at how to eat agarwood. Its fragrance is extremely rare in nature, so it is an extremely precious treasure material! Aquilaria sinensis is a precious Chinese herbal medicine. At the same time, it is also a sacred object in Buddhism to worship and worship Buddha. It is one of the main spices of Xiangdao culture. Therefore, it is known as "the head of incense" and "the king of incense". Efficacy and Function of Aquilaria Resinatum: In many countries such as Europe and America, Aquilaria Resinatum is used to extract essential oil, which is diluted and made into daily necessities such as shampoo, perfume and shower gel, so that the fragrance of Aquilaria Resinatum can stay on the body for a long time.
The price and purchase of agarwood
The so-called "Shen" in "Shen Musk" refers to agarwood. Since ancient times, agarwood has attracted people's attention and love and yearned for it. It not only ranks first among all fragrance types, but also combines many values such as health care and collection. In the Song Dynasty, there was a saying that "one stone sinks and one stone sinks". Therefore, the price of agarwood naturally matches its value. Especially in recent years, the price of agarwood has risen a lot. Among them, Qin 'an with better quality is already more expensive than gold, and the price per gram is even around 50,000 yuan. However, due to the uneven texture of agarwood, the price of agarwood is not the same, and the price of good agarwood can reach dozens of times that of poor agarwood. Aquilaria sinensis is generally made into bracelets and pendants, which can be worn with you. For example, the price of an agarwood bead bracelet can reach about 20,000, and some are only a few thousand, while the agarwood ring is several hundred. Because the price of agarwood is relatively expensive, many merchants often cheat consumers by shoddy in order to seek benefits, so they must pay more attention when buying agarwood, otherwise buying inferior agarwood will not only have a bad effect, but also cost money in vain.
Selection skills of agarwood
The price stems from the skyrocketing price of rare agarwood, and scarcity is the most critical reason. On the one hand, the formation of agarwood is very difficult. Not all agarwood trees can bear agarwood. Due to the lack of resin glands in the short-lived Aquilaria sinensis, it is generally possible for Aquilaria sinensis to form agarwood for decades. Moreover, due to the massive logging in the past, Aquilaria sinensis is very rare at present.
The reasons for the formation of agarwood are very complicated. Many factors directly affect the quality of incense, such as the number of years of incense, the amount of oil, living trees or dead trees. At present, there is a lack of unified quality appraisal and evaluation standards in the market. Whether agarwood can sink into the water or not, and the grade of agarwood is an important factor to determine the price of agarwood. According to insiders, it is not easy to identify agarwood. As far as most agarwood is concerned, the darker the color, the denser the texture and the better the quality. For example, agarwood is named after being submerged in water. The water in agarwood sinks, and the agarwood with high oil content is often darker in color. The hardness of high-quality water sinking can even be comparable to that of stone, and it usually sinks when entering the water. The high-quality Phoebe bournei is semi-submerged and semi-floating after entering the water, and the texture is soft and sticky, and the cut pieces can even form Zhu Xiang. Therefore, it is difficult to identify the authenticity of agarwood only by its appearance, hardness, density and other indicators. At the same time, counterfeiters can also use the method of soaking in liquid medicine and sesame oil to achieve the effect of confusing the fake with the real.
At present, the simplest and most effective method is to judge the grade of agarwood by using its oil content and smell. Generally speaking, the aroma is rich and stable when it is smoked and burned, and it lasts for a long time. However, because most of the fake agarwood is added with chemical components, the smell is complicated. However, it should be noted that under normal circumstances, the aroma of Chimonanthus praecox is also obvious, and the head aroma, original aroma and tail aroma will change obviously during smoking.
Editor's summary: The above are the benefits of agarwood to human body, the efficacy and function of agarwood and the introduction of eating methods. It can be seen that the professional knowledge of identifying agarwood is high, so the general public should go to a merchant with better qualifications to buy it. Please continue to pay attention to our website for more information, and more exciting content will be presented later.