What is agarwood?

Agarwood is formed as a resinous substance deep inside some trees from Southeast Asia. Many cultures prize agarwood, which is not wood at all, like incense and perfume oil, which is used during religious ceremonies in temples and mosques. Excessive harvest of agarwood from allegedly protected forests caused resin to be rare and threatened many kinds of host trees. It is sticky and malleable, but not naturally produced trees like most SAP species. It forms only in a small percentage of trees from the Aquilaria family, called thymelaeceae , which grow through mild and rainforests in Malaysia, Papua -Nové Guineji, Indonesia, India and Vietnam. Indeed, these tropical trees grow very quickly in poor soil if they have enough water.

Unfortunately, the trees are not appreciated for their fertile lumber, but rather an unusual agarwood substance that appears to be due to infection or genetic mutation. Unfortunately it is not possible to say which trees could bring a hefty harvest of agarwood until n nEjsou felled and divided. Predictory could allow them to be monitored as a renewable source, but excessive harvests in most countries eliminated the trees of Aquilaria. The durability at this point is probably not sustainable.

Agarwood, mostly from Vietnam, exported to other countries, could find itself as medicinal smoke, packed with prayer scarves to make them a scent or push to extract strong oil. Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine appreciates smoke as healing because it balances Chi again. In Korea, "Kanam" burns for black smoke, as well as "cannon" in Japan.

Holy places of Islam, Shintoism and Buddhism use distilled agarwood oil as temple offers and incense. The praised dance of the "wood of the gods" can be placed on the altars and also dotted on the skin to cause a rich smell. Even soaps and perfumes incorporated the distinctive scent of Agarwood.