Chinese Eaglewood seeds chen xiang
LATIN NAME: AQUILARIA SINENSIS
COMMON NAME: Chinese Eaglewood
The Chinese eaglewood resins the tall, evergreen tree with the glossy, oval leaves and the small, greenish-white, fragrant flowers that open through the spring, the woody, pear-shaped capsules with the dark seeds following. The tree is known for the fragrant, resinous heartwood that forms in the wounded wood, and it grows into the stately, upright form. It likes the sun or the part shade, and the deep, moist, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
In the daphne family, the agarwood trees have a long, rare record in the studies of the resin-producing trees, and the sinensis species appears in the research on the resin formation in the wounded wood and the aromatic compounds. The chemists value the fragrant resin, while the foresters note the slow, valuable timber. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the rare fragrant trees keep the species in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the warm, sheltered garden, the Chinese eaglewood resins the heartwood with the rare fragrance over the years. The resin serves the incense, the perfumes and the traditional preparations for the ages, the glossy leaves keep the handsome, evergreen form, and the tree stands as the patient, stately presence. It thrives in the deep, moist, well-drained ground. Rare, fragrant and patient.
To grow the Chinese Eaglewood from seed,
Sow the seeds into the moist, gritty drills of the warm pot, then cover them lightly, keep the pot in the warm, bright spot and water gently
Keep the pot warm and steadily moist, and leave the young tree sheltered. The fragrant heartwood comes over the years.
. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks, and they grow on slowly. Settle the young trees in the deep, moist, well-drained ground, and the fragrant heartwood will form over the years.
The herb is pungent and bitter in flavour, and warm in nature. It acts on the spleen, stomach and kidney channels. Being pungent for dispersing, warm for clearing, sinking and flowing downward, it is good at promoting Qi circulation, dispersing cold, alleviating pain, lowering the adverse flow of Qi in the lung and stomach, eliminating hiccup relieving asthma. The herb is suitable for treatment of cold accumulation, Qi stagnation and distending pain in the chest and abdomen, adverse flow of Qi in the lung and stomach, asthma, cough, vomiting, hiccup and other syndromes.
Effects: Promoting Qi circulation, alleviating pain, lowering adverse flow of Qi, arresting vomiting, helping inspiration and relieving asthma.
