I. Overview of Sandalwood
Sandalwood, fragrant wood name. Wood smells good and can be used to make utensils and medicines. It is used to burn incense and worship Buddha in temples. Sandalwood is a semi-parasitic plant, which grows very slowly and usually takes decades to become a useful plant. It is one of the slowest growing tree species, and the mature sandalwood tree can be as high as ten meters. Sandalwood is also divided into white sandalwood, Dalbergia, rosewood and other categories. "The yellow skin is scented, the clean white skin is scented, and the purple skin is rosewood, which is rich in fragrance and has excellent scent."
Sandalwood, which Buddhists call "_ sandalwood", is known as "king of spices" and "green gold". The wood heartwood (or its resin) taken from sandalwood tree, the closer to the heart and root, the better the material. It is often made into wood powder, wood strips, wood blocks, etc. Or refined into sandalwood essential oil. Using sandalwood as incense has always been regarded as a treasure, but sandalwood is smoked and burned alone, which smells bad; But if it can be skillfully matched with other spices, it can "lead the fragrant things to a high level." Although both of them belong to fragrant traditional Chinese medicine, compared with agarwood, sandalwood belongs to Xiangming, which means that its fragrance is worse than agarwood, and it can be smelled from a distance. And agarwood has a "heavy" nature, quiet and restrained. So it is different from agarwood.
Second, the efficacy of sandalwood
(A) the psychological effect of sandalwood
It has long been heard that sandalwood has excellent relaxation effect, which can calm nerves and anxiety, and the calming effect exceeds excitement. Have a high opinion of improving obsession. Give people a feeling of peace and calm.
(2) Physiological function of sandalwood
(1) is extremely helpful to the urogenital system, can improve cystitis, can be used to massage the kidneys, and has the effects of clearing blood and diminishing inflammation.
(2) Its aphrodisiac properties can improve sexual dysfunction, such as frigidity and impotence.
(3) When mucous membrane is inflamed, sandalwood can make patients feel comfortable and help them fall asleep. Can stimulate the immune system and prevent bacterial infection.
(4) It can prevent allergic skin, and is especially beneficial to dry eczema and aging dehydrated skin. Soften skin, improve skin itching or inflammation.
(5) Long-term use of sandalwood products is helpful to sleep.
(3) the beauty effect of sandalwood
Sandalwood essential oil is suitable for aged, dehydrated and dry skin, which can promote skin metabolism, accelerate the renewal and growth of skin cells, accelerate the repair and healing of wounds and scars, help repair damaged skin cells, and also has good antibacterial effect, which can improve skin inflammation and itching, diminish inflammation and acne. So you can make your own sandalwood mask to improve your skin.
(4) The nature and taste of sandalwood return to meridian.
Sexual taste is pungent and warm.
① "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Sexual heat, non-toxic."
② Pearl Capsule: "Sweet and bitter."
③ Medicinal soup: "Wenxin is nontoxic."
Meridian enters spleen, stomach and lung.
(1) Herbal Decoction: "It begins with Taiyin, Yin deficiency and Yangming Meridian."
② Materia Medica Xuan Tong: "Spleen, lung."
③ rejuvenation materia medica: "enter the liver, spleen and lungs."
Function of regulating qi and stomach. Treat heart pain, asphyxia and vomiting, chest and diaphragm discomfort.
Third, the role of sandalwood
1. Regulating qi, dispelling cold and relieving pain: used for chest and abdomen pain, stomach cold pain, vomiting and clear water caused by cold coagulation and qi stagnation.
2. In recent years, it has a certain curative effect on chest obstruction and angina pectoris caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis.
3. Sandalwood has good anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, aphrodisiac, antitussive, expectorant, nourishing and astringent effects. Using sandalwood incense can not only sterilize and purify the air, but also drive away the plague.
4. Sandalwood also contributes a lot to the curative effect of the mind and has excellent relaxation effect. Ordering a plate of sandalwood incense can calm the nerves' tension and anxiety, and the calming effect is greater than the excitement. Refreshing and meditating can bring users a more peaceful and calm feeling.
Sandalwood also has spasmolytic and strengthening effects on the body, which can bring a feeling of relaxation and happiness. When mucous membrane is inflamed, sandalwood can relieve the disease, stimulate the immune system and prevent bacteria from reinfecting.
6. It is extremely helpful to the urogenital system, can improve cystitis, and has the effect of clearing blood and diminishing inflammation. Its unique aphrodisiac characteristics can eliminate anxiety and help to increase romantic mood.
7. Sandalwood is also effective for chest infection, sore throat and dry cough accompanied by bronchitis and lung infection.
8. It can also be used to treat fever, and its astringent properties are also helpful for diarrhea.
9. Basically, sandalwood is a balanced essential oil, which is especially beneficial to dry eczema and aging skin with water shortage, soften skin, improve skin itching or inflammation, and its antibacterial effect is more helpful to improve blisters and infected wounds.
Fourth, the medicinal value of sandalwood
Sandalwood is an important Chinese herbal medicine, which has always been valued by doctors and is called "Xin Wen; Spleen, stomach, heart and lung meridians; Warming the heart, appetizing and relieving pain. " External use can diminish inflammation, reduce swelling and moisturize skin; Fumigation and incineration can sterilize, drive away epidemics and prevent epidemics. Can be used for treating sore throat, acne, anti-infection and asthma. It has the effect of conditioning sensitive skin and preventing skin aging. Eliminate evil, dry, sterilize, prevent mold, insect and moth. It has the effects of calming the nerves, assisting meditation and refreshing the brain. Sandalwood oil extracted from sandalwood is also widely used in medicine. It has multiple effects of cooling, astringing, strengthening heart, nourishing and lubricating skin. Can be used for treating diseases such as biliary tract diseases, cystitis, gonorrhea, abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, etc., and is especially suitable for diseases such as chapped hands, dark spots and mosquito bites. It has been an important drug for treating skin diseases since ancient times.
1. sandalwood heartwood
Edible medicine, called Dalbergia odorifera, is an excellent analgesic.
2. sandalwood
Regulating qi and stomach. Used for upper abdominal pain, burping and vomiting.
3. Sandalwood essential oil
It can lighten scars and fine lines, moisturize the skin, prevent wrinkles, have a calming effect, calm nerves and anxiety, and make people relax.
4. Medicinal efficacy
(1) Treat various stomachaches.
(2) Treating dysmenorrhea.
(3) Treating coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and traumatic chest pain.
5. Symptomatic treatment
(1) Cold pain in the heart
White sandalwood 15g (extreme), dried ginger 25g. This is a waste of time.
(2) Hiccup can't eat.
7.5g of white sandalwood, 0/0g of poria cocos/kloc, and 0/0g of dried tangerine peel/kloc. Grinding into fine powder. Send clothes by ginseng soup.
(3) Yin cold cholera
4.5g of white sandalwood, 4.5g of agastache rugosa, 4.5g of banksia rose, 4.5g of cinnamon and 3g of ginger are taken orally.
(4) Medicinal diet: Danxiang honey drink
Salvia miltiorrhiza 15g, sandalwood 9g, roasted licorice 3g, honey 30g. Decocting Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Lignum Santali Albi and Moxibustion in water, removing residues to obtain juice, adding honey, decocting for several times, and drinking. This dietotherapy prescription can tonify the spleen and stomach, promote qi and blood circulation, and is suitable for gastric and duodenal ulcers, dull pain in the epigastrium, hunger and fatigue.