Red sandalwood is the best among mahogany. There is a saying in the collection circle that "an inch of sandalwood is an inch of gold." In fact, red sandalwood has a lot of medicinal value. It can not only stop bleeding, beautify the skin, and relieve joint pain. People with poor gastrointestinal problems often hold a red sandalwood powder pillow, which can also improve gastrointestinal function.
Why does red sandalwood have such miraculous effects? "Red sandalwood is a precious traditional Chinese medicine. It is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that red sandalwood can stop bleeding, relieve pain, and regulate qi and blood." Professor Li Peiwen, a traditional Chinese medicine expert at China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said that red sandalwood can eliminate joint swelling and pain, improve gastrointestinal function, especially People with poor gastrointestinal problems may get unexpected effects by making a red sandalwood pillow and keeping it in contact for a long time.
"It is particularly pointed out that red sandalwood powder is very beneficial to the skin," Li Peiwen said. Apply the red sandalwood powder to the skin and rub it repeatedly. After rubbing, rinse with water. There will be some residue on the skin. There is a faint scent of rosewood, and the skin will feel moist and slippery, as if you have applied a layer of natural skin cream. This is when the red sandalwood powder is rubbed, it emits a substance called "wood oxygen". This substance not only calms the mind and refreshes the mind, but also promotes cell regeneration with long-term use, keeping the skin smooth and bright. Red sandalwood beauty treatment can prevent the appearance of wrinkles and keep you young and youthful.
Craftsmen who make red sandalwood crafts usually use rasp to polish them, so that the polished red sandalwood utensils will be more fragrant. In fact, raspberry is also a Chinese herbal medicine with the effect of dispersing wind and heat. Traditional Chinese medicine often uses it to treat skin diseases caused by internal heat and wind-cold. After red sandalwood is polished, its active ingredients are more likely to leak out and disperse, and are absorbed by the body. In the future, it will be able to regulate qi and blood, nourish and maintain the appearance of the skin. Therefore, red sandalwood collectors should also try their best to develop its medicinal value so as to get value for money.
Red sandalwood is not the only precious wood that has medicinal properties and is beneficial to human health. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is also a record: boiling wine with ebony chips and drinking it can cure cholera and dysentery. ; Boiled rosewood chips and taken hot can treat colds and coughs.
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The materials of rosewood beads generally include small-leaf rosewood and large-leaf rosewood. Two types, among which small-leaf rosewood is the most widely used to make jewelry, and rosewood rosary beads are one of people's favorite Buddhist utensils. Why choose rosewood to make Buddhist utensils? Does wearing rosewood rosary beads have any special effects on the human body?
In the Middle Ages, the medical community used rosewood incense to purify the air for medical purposes. The main reason is that burning sandalwood emits a quiet and fragrant aroma, and its essential elements contain bactericidal effects and have a magical effect of stabilizing the mind and calming the energy. Ebony is dark in color, dense in texture, and has a light and long fragrance. It is used for decoration to show solemnity. Buddhism also believes that sandalwood has the effect of exorcising evil spirits. The aroma of rosewood is beneficial to the human body's heart, liver, kidneys and other functions. It can effectively stabilize the human brain waves to make the mood balanced, peaceful and calm; it can help sleep and help meditation.
In the hall where Buddhist rituals are performed, the scent of sandalwood is linked in Buddhist scriptures to calming the mind, calming the mind, refreshing the brain, suppressing evil spirits, and clearing the orifices. The red sandalwood rosary represents an all-round protection for those who meditate and recite the sutra, being invulnerable to all poisons, immortal and evil. Volume 34 of Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty records: "Red Sandalwood - salty, slightly cold, non-toxic, can harmonize with Yingqi and reduce swelling and poison". It contains pterostilbene, which is soluble in alcohol or ether and has the effect of astringing, reducing swelling and poisoning. It can be sliced, sawdust or ground for medicinal purposes, and is often used to treat acne. Resistant to termites and other pests.