How did agarwood come from?
Lightning strikes, pests, accidental injuries. 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 agarwood
1, inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Aquilaria sinensis decoction has a complete inhibitory effect on human tuberculosis, and also has a strong antibacterial effect on typhoid fever and Shigella flexneri.
2. Promote qi and relieve pain
Aquilaria Resinatum has the effects of promoting qi circulation and relieving pain, warming up and 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.
3. It can inhibit the central nervous system.
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.
4. Stop bleeding and relieve pain, remove scars and remove spots.
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.
5, the role of the digestive tract system
It has the effects of warming kidney, absorbing qi, and relieving asthma, and is mainly used to treat men's dyspnea, vomiting and hiccups, abdominal distension and pain, waist and knees deficiency and cold, large intestine deficiency and stranguria.
How to use agarwood
1, incense burning method
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.
2. Cooking methods
As for the superior agarwood, because it is rich in oil, it is not easy to ignite, and it is expensive. It is a pity to burn it, so you can chop it into pieces of the right size, put it in a "stone pot", cover it with clear water (mineral water is better), and stop the fire immediately when it is heated to boiling (otherwise the stone cover will burst open because agarwood is very aggressive), and you can start drinking at around 60℃.
3, Chinese medicine formula
If it is used to treat diseases, it should not be decocted, but should be ground into powder. Pass 120 mesh sieve, preferably 250 mesh pearl sieve, which is easier to wash. At present, there are 160 kinds of Chinese patent medicines compatible with agarwood.
4. Stick to the regimen.
Wearing beads made of agarwood is the most common way to use them in life. The fragrance of agarwood beads is Qingyuan. Wearing agarwood beads can soothe the nerves and help sleep.