A rare child of mother nature
Agarwood (scientific name: Agarwood) is the common name for a genus of plants in the Aquilaria family including 17 species scattered in Asian countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, China… and Vietnam .
Agarwood is essentially the amount of crystallized oil in Agar wood. The reason why it aggregates like that is that today the scientific community has learned and understood the rules and how to create agarwood .
Specifically, when Astra trees are injured by external impacts such as ants, bombs, natural disasters caused by cutting, etc., the oil in the tree accumulates to resist external damage and infection.
Over decades or even hundreds of years, under the interaction of fungi and active ingredients in this resin, it gradually denatures and becomes agarwood.
Although However, this process is completely unpredictable. Depending on the time of formation and the level of contamination, agarwood blocks of different sizes and shapes will be produced.
The value of agarwood is different. Incense on the market reflects its rarity. If you want to find agarwood, you have to go into deep, dangerous forests, so it is called “swallowing wormwood to find agarwood”. In return, natural agarwood has a passionate and woody scent has the ability to last longer than cultured agarwood.
Even experts have difficulty classifying agarwood
Agarwood is identified There are many types depending on human senses, but there is no exact “standard” because depending on the degree of injury to the tree as well as the rate of oil contamination, agarwood will have different colors and flavors.
According to folk experience, the first-class agarwood in Vietnam is still Ky Nam, with a price of up to many billions of VND/kg. The characteristic of this type is that it has the largest amount of oil among all types of soft agarwood The scent is full of bitterness and sweet aroma, the green smoke flies straight up.
Ky nam is divided into 4 types clearly defined by its properties and taste color such as Bach Ky (extremely ivory white). rare) Thanh Ky (grey green color) Huynh Ky (yellow brown color) Hac Ky (indigo black color).
Less rare and rare types of agarwood ranked second and third are called Agarwood (divided into 6 types) and Toc (divided into 4 types).
According to the experience of some experts, it takes about 1,500 Aquilaria trees to find 1 tree with agarwood, more than 10,000 Agarwood trees to have agarwood. 1 tree has Ky Nam. The formation of each type of agarwood has many mysteries that are still open today.
In addition, the current agarwood market also causes headaches for buyers because it is difficult to distinguish which is which. real bass, not fake bass. Only people who have knowledge and have been in contact with agarwood must be able to clearly distinguish the types of agarwood.
The value of agarwood in Vietnamese history< /strong>
Agarwood is not only a rare gift from nature but also contains the ancient culture of Vietnamese people.
Throughout history from During the time of Thuc An Duong Vuong, there have been many historical books talking about Vietnamese agarwood. In the 10th century, during the reign of King Dinh Tien Hoang, artisans used agarwood to make heirloom boxes to hold the emperor’s royal robes.
Agarwood is also precious because of its many uses in healing and improving health Agarwood is often used to treat chest pain, abdominal pain, hiccups, vomiting, asthma, kidney discharge, urinary retention, cold sperm in men. p>
In addition, inhaling agarwood essential oil after a tiring and stressful day at work helps relieve stress, stabilize the mind, calm the mind, and help you sleep better and deeper.
