Incense

With incense are substances that can be smoked to release fragrance or active ingredients.

Used materials ( usually in the form of essential oils ) release when Verkokeln both smoke and perfumes. This includes groups of substances such as tree resins, woods ( Smokewood ) and herbs.

Incense is offered in various forms. The most common form is the incense, but there are also Cones ( Räucherkerzchen ). Some substances are heated in special containers with glowing coal, like the incense. The smoking one hand, serves to produce pleasant scents, on the other hand also to natural medicine, ritual, spiritual and magical as paraphernalia for the purpose. So to " evil spirits " may be sold by smoking out of rooms.

Suitable fumigant (selection)

• Agarwood (Oud, Aloeswood, Jinko ) Aquilaria agallocha
• African Räuchersalbei Salvia repens v. repens
• Amber Liquidambar orientalis or Wrong Styrax
• Benzoin Styrax benzoin, styrax tonkinensis
• Amber
• Breuzinho Protium heptaphyllum
• Burgundy resin ( pine resin ) Picea abies
• Copal Agathis dammara, Icica icicariba, Bureseru microphylla, Protium copal
• Costuswurzel Sassurea lappa
• Dalmatian sage Salvia officinalis ssp. major
• Dammar Canarium strotum
• Deodar Cedrus deodara
• Dragon's Blood Daemonorops draco
• Oakmoss
• Elemi Canarium luzonicum
• Galbanum Ferula galbaniflua
• Guaiacum officinale Guaiacum resin
• Guggul Commiphora mukul
• Juniperus macropoda
• Indian sage shrub Artemisia cana
• Indian cedar ( Eastern Red Cedar ) Juniperus virginiana o scopulorum
• Indian nard ( spikenard, Spikenarde ) Nardostachys Jatamansii
• Indian Patchouli Pogostemon cablin
• Jalapin Ipomea Tryanthina lind
• Kandea
• Rosin ( pine resin terpentinfreies )
• Larch ( resin ) Larix Larix decidua (European larch)
• Labdanum or Rockrose Cistus ladaniferus
• Marie Grass ( sweet grass, sweet grass) Hierochloe odorata
• Mastic Pistacia lentiscus
• Ambrette seed Abelmoschus moschatus
• Myrrh Commiphora myrrha, Commiphora molmol
• Ocote Pinus oocarpa
• Opopanax Commiphora holtziana, Ferula Opoponax
• Palo Santo Bursera graveolens
• Balsam of Peru Myroxylon balsamum var pereirae
• Pichi Pichi - ( Fabianakraut ) Fabiana imbricata ' violacea '
• Sandarak ( Moroccan tears ) Thuja articulata, Tetraclinis articulata
• Sandalwood Santalum album
• Real Styrax Styrax officinalis
• Marsh tea Ledum palustre
• Tolu Myroxylon balsamum
• Tonka bean Dypterix odorata
• Dream herb Calea zacatechichi
• Tulsi herb (Indian basil) Ocimum sanctum
• Vetiver Vetiveria zizanoides
• Juniperus communis
• Divination sage Salvia divinorum
• Frankincense Boswellia sacra, Boswellia serrata, as frankincense gum olibanum
• White Sage ( Indian Smoking, " White Sage " ) Salvia apiana
• Sagebrush (Desert Sage) Artemisia tridentata
• Yerba santa (Santa herb) Eriodictyon californicum
• Cedar Cedrus atlantica

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