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Will olive trees bear agarwood? If so, what is agarwood?
Aquilaria Resinatum is a traditional Chinese medicine, which has a long history in China and other Southeast Asian countries. Aquilaria sinensis originated from a lightning strike, a pest and a casual injury. The agarwood tree begins to secrete special substances, such as human wounds, and will secrete a liquid to protect itself in the injured place. Like this process, Aquilaria sinensis will secrete resin and other substances to repair the injured part after being injured. Secreted substances combine with air and begin a slow self-healing process. As we all know, when the wound heals, it is the time when the agarwood comes to the end of its life. The wonderful agarwood may be solidified and accumulated for decades and hundreds of years. Years are long, and life is short. Maybe watching that tree get hurt in this life and waiting for the next life will give birth to precious high-quality agarwood. Experienced wind and rain, pain, life and death, is the true color of precious agarwood. This kind of blindly Chinese herbal medicine has an irreplaceable position because of its unique fragrance, cooling, warming kidney and absorbing qi.

Efficacy and function of Juxiangtang in processing agarwood

(Inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis) Aquilaria sinensis decoction has a complete inhibitory effect on human Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and also has a strong antibacterial effect on typhoid fever and Shigella flexneri.

Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum has the effects of promoting qi circulation, relieving pain, warming, stopping vomiting and relieving asthma. Used for chest pain, stomach cold, vomiting, hiccup, kidney deficiency, qi deficiency and dyspnea. Chinese medicine pays special attention to people's "qi" to make qi and blood flow smoothly. Aquilaria sinensis can achieve therapeutic or health care effects by regulating and balancing the operation of qi in human body.

Modern pharmacological research also shows that agarwood has pharmacological effects on digestive system and central nervous system. In particular, it has a high spiritual function, which is used to calm people's mind and spirit. In addition, Daphne odora is also used as a drug to treat neurosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, neurasthenia and other mental disorders.

Aquilaria sinensis oil is extracted by advanced technology, which has hemostatic and analgesic effects on skin burns and scalds. Massage the skin with agarwood oil, which has the effect of removing scars and spots; Agarwood oil has a good sedative effect on nerves and can effectively improve sleep quality. Effects on digestive tract system: Aquilaria Resinatum disperses fragrance, and ascending and descending has the functions of cooling, warming kidney, absorbing qi and relieving asthma. It is mainly used to treat men's qi-adverse asthma, vomiting and hiccups, abdominal distension and pain, soreness of waist and knees, deficiency and secret of large intestine, and urinary stranguria.

How to use agarwood

There are many ways to take agarwood. Ordinary agarwood is suitable for burning incense for Buddhist practice and meditation. Because agarwood contains more oil, it is easier to ignite, and long-term use has the same therapeutic effect.

(Cooking method) As for the superior agarwood, it is rich in oil, difficult to ignite, expensive and a pity to burn it, so it can be chopped into blocks of the right size, placed in a "stone pot" and covered with clear mineral water. When it is heated to boiling, it must be stopped immediately, otherwise the stone cover will break. Because agarwood is very aggressive, you can drink it at around 60℃.

(Chinese medicine formula) If it is used to treat diseases, it should not be decocted and taken, but should be ground into powder. It is easier to be washed after passing through 120 mesh sieve. At present, there are 160 kinds of Chinese patent medicines compatible with agarwood.

Wearing beads made of agarwood is the most common way to use them in life. The fragrance of agarwood beads is clear, and wearing agarwood beads can soothe the nerves and help sleep!