Vietnam Hoi An Agarwood oil 10ml perfume oil Pure Natural Essential #1544-1

Size 5ml ×  2 Bottle (Color  may not appear exactly as in real life due to  variation between computer monitor resolution and  lights.) Weight Net  weight 5ml / 2 Bottle This  is true Vietnam / Vietname Hoi An by one of the best companies that distill oud  themselves, not simply resseling mixed oils.

Agarwood Agarwood can be used to carving statues. Production  Offering Incense to Buddhas. Preparation of Traditional  Chinese medicine Herbal. Chinese Buddhist believers with  Agarwood carved Buddha. Very rare and precious. Due to large  pieces of Agarwood has been very rare, but also because of  their special physical, sculpture to be very careful.  Agarwood or made ​​from buddha prayer beads. Very rare. Is  buddha prayer beads in the boutique. Absorbed hold Prayer  beads, recite scriptures, praise buddha. Aroma quiet swing.  Refreshing, resuscitation of wisdom. Increase the courage of  your convictions. Help self-cultivation. Agarwood incense or  worship with the Buddha. Or carving statues. Are of great  merits and virtues.

One of the reasons for the relative rarity and high cost of  agarwood is the depletion of the wild resource. In the  world, Aloeswood is the most prized of all incenses,and the  purest Aloeswood is pound-for-pound more expensive than  gold! Aloeswood trees have sweet-smelling flowers,and are  native to Hai nan of china ,Northern India, Laos, Cambodia,  Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. When an Aloes tree  has fallen (from natural causes), a dark resin forms within  its heartwood.This resin forms as an immune response, and  the heartwood is then harvested for incense and medicinal  uses.The older the tree, the better the quality, and the  more expensive the wood. Aloeswood incense is used for both  medicinal and spiritual purposes. As a medicine, it is a  remedy for nervous disorders. For non- medicinal purposes,  it is used to help people get in touch with their spiritual  side, and thus, it is in high demand as a meditation aid.  Those who use aloeswood incense claim that it has a great  calming effect on the mind.But Aloes isn't just for medical  and spiritual uses. Many feel it is a powerful  aphrodisiac,and in some cultures the women scent their  clothes as well as themselves with it.

In Ayurveda the oleoresin is highly prized as well. "The  wood is acrid, bitter, thermogenic, digestive, carminative,  deodorant, sudorific, andoyne, anti-inflammatory,  anti-leprotic, depurative, cardiotonic, rejuvenating and  tonic. It is useful in vitiated conditions of vata and  kapha, halitosis, dyspepsia, anorexia, cardiac debility,  skin disease, leprosy, foul ulcers, hypothermia,  inflammations, rheumatoid arthritis, cough, asthma,  hiccough, albuminuria and general debility. An external  application of agaru is very useful in vomiting in children,  pectoralgia due to pneumonia and cepalagia. The oil is  astringent, acrid, bitter, thermogenic, depurative,  alexeteric and anti-leprotic. It is useful in vitiated  conditions of vata and kapha, rheumatoid arthritis, cough,  asthma, bronchitis, skin diseases, leprosy and foul ulcers."

Aloeswood oil is known for bringing relaxation of the mind,  warm the heart & calm the mind, it is a truly uplifting  experience and open an avenue of peace and contentment.  Aloeswood is very rare and pure quality like ours are even  difficult to obtain.

Agarwood is the resinous heartwood from Agarwood trees,  large evergreens native to southeast Asia. The trees  occasionally become infected with a parasite mould and begin  to produce an aromatic resin in response to this attack. As  the fungus grows, the tree produces a very rich, dark resin  within the heartwood. It is this precious resinous wood that  is treasured around the world. The resin is commonly called  Jinko, Aloeswood, Agarwood or Oud and is valued in many  cultures for its distinctive fragrance, thus it is used for  incense and perfumes.

One of the reasons for the relatively rarity and high cost  of agarwood is the depletion of the wild resource. The odour  of agarwood is complex and pleasing, with few or no similar  natural analogues. As a result, agarwood and its essential  oil gained great cultural and religious significance in  ancient civilizations around the world.

The  origin of the names of Aloeswood/Agarwood:
Agarwood is also known as aloeswood, ginko, jinko,  aguilariawood, eaglewood, kyara, gharu, ghara. It has the  aromatic fragrance of Agar or 'Oodh', a highly prized  spiritual scent that has been used in the Tibetan Lamaseries  for centuries.

Agarwood, also called, oodh or agar) is a dark resinous  heartwood that forms in Aquilaria and Gyrinops trees (large  evergreens native to southeast Asia) when they become  infected with a type of mold. Prior to infection, the  heartwood is relatively light and pale colored; however, as  the infection progresses, the tree produces a dark aromatic  resin in response to the attack, which results in a very  dense, dark, resin embedded heartwood.

The resin embedded wood is commonly called gaharu, jinko,  aloeswood, agarwood, or oud (not to be confused with  'Bakhoor') and is valued in many cultures for its  distinctive fragrance, and thus is used for incense and  perfumes.

One of the reasons for the relative rarity and high cost of  agarwood is the depletion of the wild resource. Since 1995  Aquilaria malaccensis, the primary source, has been listed  in Appendix II (potentially threatened species) by the  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of  Wild Fauna and Flora. In 2004 all Aquilaria species were  listed in Appendix II; however, a number of countries have  outstanding reservations regarding that listing.

The names of the Aloeswood/Agarwood wood always have  something to do with its submergibility. But not all  Aloeswood/Agarwood wood are submergible. Aloeswood/Agarwood  wood is a mixture of resin and wood. The wood of  Aloeswood/Agarwood trees is incompact with a proportion of  only 0.4. When the percentage of resin is more than 25% in  the wood, the wood can sink in the water. In fact, this kind  of Aloeswood/Agarwood wood in which the resin content  reaches more than 25% is very expensive and is very hard to  get unless you have your own special collection ways.

Agarwood History
The odour of agarwood is complex and pleasing, with few or  no similar natural analogues. As a result, agarwood and its  essential oil gained great cultural and religious  significance in ancient civilizations around the world,  being mentioned throughout one of the world's oldest written  texts – the Sanskrit Vedas from India.

As early as the third century AD in ancient China, the  chronicle Nan zhou yi wu zhi (Strange things from the South)  written by Wa Zhen of the Eastern Wu Dynasty mentioned  agarwood produced in the Rinan commandery, now Central  Vietnam, and how people collected it in the mountains.

Starting in 1580 after Nguyễn Hoàng took control over the  central provinces of modern Vietnam, he encouraged trade  with other countries, specifically China and Japan. Agarwood  was exported in three varieties: Calambac (kỳ nam in  Vietnamese), trầm hương (very similar but slightly harder  and slightly more abundant), and agarwood proper. A pound of  Calambac bought in Hội An for 15 taels could be sold  inNagasaki for 600 taels. The Nguyễn Lords soon established  a Royal Monopoly over the sale of Calambac. This monopoly  helped fund the Nguyễn state finances during the early years  of the Nguyen rule.

Xuanzang's travelogues and the Harshacharita, written in  seventh century AD in Northern India, mentions use of  agarwood products such as 'Xasipat' (writing-material) and  'aloe-oil' in ancient Assam (Kamarupa). The tradition of  making writing materials from its bark still exists in  Assam.

Etymology:
Agarwood is known under many names in different cultures:

In Hindi (India), it is known as agar, which is originally  Sanskrit aguru (in Bengali, alsoaguru).
It is known by the same Sanskrit name in Telugu and Kannada  as Aguru.
It is known as chénxiāng in Chinese, trầm hương in  Vietnamese, and jinkō in Japanese; all meaning "sinking  incense" and alluding to its high density. In Japan, there  are several grades of jinkō, the highest of which is known  as kyara .
Both agarwood and its resin distillate/extracts are known as  oud (عود) in Arabic (literally "rod/stick") and used to  describe agarwood in nations and areas in Arabic  countries.[9]Western perfumers may also use agarwood  essential oil under the name "oud" or "oude".
In Europe it was referred to as Lignum aquila (eagle-wood)  or Agilawood, because of the similarity in sound of agila to  gaharu.
Another name is Lignum aloes or Aloeswood. This is  potentially confusing, since a genus Aloe exists  (unrelated), which has medicinal uses.
In Tibetan it is known as (a-ga-ru). There are several  varieties used in Tibetan Medicine: unique eaglewood:  (ar-ba-zhig); yellow eaglewood: (a-ga-ru ser-po), white  eaglewood: (ar-skya), and black eaglewood:(ar-nag).
In Assamese it is called as "sasi" or "sashi".
The Indonesian and Malay name is "gaharu".
In Papua New Guinea it is called "ghara" or  eaglewood.[citation needed]
In Thai language it is known as "Mai Kritsana" (نءé،ؤة³ز).
In Tamil it is called "akil" (அகில்) though what was  referred in ancient Tamil literature could well be  Excoecaria agallocha.
In Laos it is known as "Mai Ketsana".

Agarwood Formation:
There are fifteen species in the genus Aquilaria and eight  are known to produce agarwood. In theory agarwood can be  produced from all members; however, until recently it was  primarily produced from A. malaccensis. A. agallocha and A.  secundaria are synonyms for A. malaccensis. A. crassna and  A. sinensis are the other two members of the genus that are  usually harvested.

Formation of agarwood occurs in the trunk and roots of trees  that have been infected by a parasitc ascomycetous mold,  Phaeoacremonium parasitica, a dematiaceous (dark-walled)  fungus. As a response, the tree produces a resin high in  volatile organic compounds that aids in suppressing or  retarding the fungal growth, a process called tylosis. While  the unaffected wood of the tree is relatively light in  colour, the resin dramatically increases the mass and  density of the affected wood, changing its colour from a  pale beige to dark brown or black. In natural forest only  about 7% of the trees are infected by the fungus. A common  method in artificial forestry is to inoculate all the trees  with the fungus.
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