Humans first used the records in Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs Shan Gui" which can be traced back to Du Heng: Shi Lan brought Du Heng with him, and he lost his thoughts.
"Xiang Cheng" contains nine kinds of prescriptions: clove fried round, banksia rose cake, cardamom fragrant pill, musk cord through the body, musk alone, musk tea after Yulong and musk tea for children.
In the Song Dynasty, there was also a popular Su He Xiang wine among the people in the palace. Every bucket of wine was cooked with Su He Xiang Wan one or two times, which was very effective in regulating the five internal organs, but every time you felt cold, you drank a glass.
Glycerol rosin
is slightly conical and curved, with a length of 5 ~ 18cm. The rhizome is short, with stem and leaf residues at the upper end, which is long and narrow, membranous or fibrous. The outer layer is dark brown, and the inner layer is brown or yellow. The roots are single or several knotted, branched or juxtaposed, with a diameter of .3～1cm. The surface is brown and shriveled, with fine roots and fibrous roots. Crispy, easy to break, rough section, dark brown skin, often cracked, yellow and white wood. The gas is unique, the taste is bitter and pungent, and it has a cool feeling.
storax
is a resin secreted by the storax tree of Hamamelidaceae. Styrax is a semi-liquid thick liquid, yellowish white to grayish brown, translucent, sticky, and continuous when provoked. Weight, heavy when entering the water. The breath is fragrant, and the taste is slightly bitter and spicy. It is better to be brown or dark brown, translucent and free of impurities. It should be placed in an iron cylinder, soaked in clear water and placed in a cool place to prevent the fragrance from being lost.
benzoin
is a briquette formed by pressing spherical particles, with different sizes, reddish-brown to grayish-brown outside, yellow-white and grayish-white opaque almond-like particles embedded, and rough and uneven surface. Hard and brittle at room temperature, softened by heating. The breath is fragrant and the taste is slightly pungent.
Its resin can be used instead of benzoin resin to treat apoplexy, fainting and pain in the heart, and has the effects of inducing resuscitation and calming blood.
Yu Jin
Reading of Materia Medica: "Yu Jin, who smells bitter and cold, means that the gas is cold and good at descending, and the taste is bitter and good at venting. If blood accumulates in the cloud, it will be accumulated, and if blood fails to accumulate, it will be evil blood. If blood goes up and comes out from the nose and mouth, it will be hematemesis due to epistaxis, and blood will go down and come out from defecation. If there is pain, it will be blood drenched, and if there is no pain, it will be hematuria, that is, if the blood stasis of the golden sore does not go away, it will continue to produce blood, and it will not produce muscle. Therefore, the pathogen of this thing is due to blood accumulation. Those who cover blood mainly with qi, but also call it descending qi, vent their qi with bitter cold, that is, they break their blood greatly and take other drugs as a step further. If the menstrual flow is not adjusted, those who are closed due to reality may wish to decide it. If they are closed due to deficiency, it is their enmity. And the disease starts from depression, that is, the so-called heart and spleen caused by two yang in Neijing, which has a profound purpose. If this medicine is mistakenly used for relieving depression, it will not save one. As for pregnancy, the most taboo, this medicine can not touch the lips. Even after delivery, it should not be used lightly if it is not caused by heat stagnation and blood stasis. If the external evil is not clean, it will attack the inside, and the evil will take advantage of the deficiency and sink in. If both qi and blood are deficient, the deficiency will be emphasized, and the qi and blood will suddenly take off without roots. "This woman's habit of using turmeric is harmful to others."
clove
The nail-like reddish-brown bud is the raw material of essential oil. The average height of the tree is about 5-6 meters. It is mainly produced in Sri Lanka, Guawa and Madagascar. It is made by distillation. Its fragrance is a floral fragrance with fresh moss and woody fragrance, which is indispensable for perfume manufacturing. It is often added to wine, and the color of essential oil is transparent and colorless.
It has a positive effect on mood, and relieves unhappiness or chest tightness caused by emotional depression.
It can be diluted and used for skin wounds such as sores, carbuncle, furuncle, furuncle, etc. It has the functions of reducing swelling, relieving inflammation and promoting healing.
Aquilaria sinensis
Domestic Aquilaria sinensis: also known as Hainan Shen, Hainan Aquilaria sinensis, Aquilaria sinensis, Guanxiang, Daughter Xiang and Aquilaria sinensis. Wood containing black resin is the plant Aquilaria sinensis. Location: Hainan Island.
Kananga: also known as Qinanxiang, Qinan, Qinan and Jiananshen. It is a wood with more resin content near the roots of the plant Aquilaria sinensis or Aquilaria sinensis.
green oil carnation: it is carnation with a green-brown appearance.
purple oil Kananga: it is the Kananga with a purple-brown appearance.
helmet agarwood: also known as helmet sink. Imported agarwood is mostly helmet-hat-shaped, hence the name.
the above commodities are good in quality, weight, resin content and strong fragrance.
Imported agarwood is also known as Shenshuixiang, Yankouxiang, Penglai Xiang, Mixiang, Zhilanxiang, QingGui Xiang, etc. (the above are the literature names). Resin-containing heartwood from Aquilaria agal- lochaRoxb of Daphne family. Location: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Thailand and other places.
agarwood produced in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, commonly known as Xinzhou fragrance, has the best quality, quiet and lasting fragrance. The agarwood produced in Viet Nam is known as Cary, but its quality is a little inferior, and its fragrance is very good and sweet, but it can't last long.
most of the imported agarwood is cylindrical or irregular rod-shaped, and its surface is yellow-brown or gray-black; Hard and heavy, can sink in water or semi-sink in water; The smell is strong, and it burns with thick smoke and strong aroma. Imported agarwood is slightly warm and bitter. It has the effects of promoting circulation of qi, relieving pain, warming up vomiting and relieving asthma, and its efficacy is better than that of Baimuxiang.
sandalwood
is woody, delicate, sweet and exotic, with lingering fragrance.
This delicate oil comes from an evergreen parasitic tree, which attaches its roots to other roots. Sandalwood is usually sold in the form of thin slices, and it takes at least 3 years for the tree to reach the standard of collection and sale. It is recognized as the best sandalwood essential oil, which is produced in Mysore, India.
Sandalwood has been very popular since ancient times. On the trade routes from India to Egypt, Greece and Rome, it is common to find caravans full of sandalwood. Many ancient temples or furniture were made of sandalwood, which may have the function of preventing ants.
The demand for burning incense of sandalwood is not less than that of sandalwood. Sandalwood is widely used in religious ceremonies, especially in India and China, because of its unique fragrance, auxiliary function and great help for meditation. So far, the demand for sandalwood has never decreased. Sandalwood is also a commonly used raw material in perfume.
musk
is a kind of high-grade perfume, which is made by drying the secretion in the male gland sac of musk deer. If you put a little bit indoors, it will make the house fragrant and smell different. Musk is not only fragrant and pleasant, but also has a lasting fragrance. Musk has been used in China for a long time. Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, met in the poem Lilac:' Falling into the blue musk deer in the evening'. Musk is an important raw material for preparing high-grade essence. Ancient literati, poets and painters all added a little musk to the first-class musk materials to make' musk ink' for writing and painting, which is fragrant and quiet. If the calligraphy and painting are sealed properly, it can be preserved for a long time, anti-corrosion and moth-proofing.
Long Xianxiang is a dried product of intestinal secretion of physeteridae animal sperm whale. It is an important and extremely precious medicinal material. Long Xianxiang contains about 25% Long Xianxiang. Long Xianxiang is a cholesterol derivative and contains benzoic acid. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is recorded that Long Xianxiang can "promote blood circulation, benefit essence, help Yang Dao and dredge blood vessels". Chinese medicine uses Long Xianxiang as a medicine for resolving phlegm, resolving hard mass, benefiting qi and promoting blood circulation. It can be seen that Long Xianxiang is a valuable Chinese medicine for treating diseases and strengthening the body. If the patient has symptoms such as cough, dysphoria, tightness in the chest and pain in the heart, you can use Long Xianxiang 1 channel with 3 copies and take it at the end of grinding. Long Xianxiang element is the main component of Long Xianxiang fragrance. This extremely valuable Long Xianxiang, because its output in the world is too small to be synthesized artificially, has a value far exceeding that of gold. Long Xianxiang is the best of spices, and it is an indispensable "exotic fragrance" in high-grade perfume essence. The perfume essence prepared by using it is not only soft in fragrance, but also lasting and beautiful, so it is deeply loved by people.
There are about ten thousand kinds of spices, most of which are Chinese medicine ingredients. So much is introduced here for the time being, I hope it will help you.
References: Hexiangfang, The History of the Later Han Dynasty, and Chinese Pharmacopoeia
Recommended bibliographies: Scenery in Painting Hall and Sixteen Sounds among Flowers.