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Raw
Incense Ingredients Directly Imported from
Nepal! |
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In
Tibetan and Nepali medicine there are hundreds of leaves, roots,
stems, bark and other plant parts used for healing and general
health. It is believed that these plants parts not only heal
in the physical sense when ingested, but the smoke from the burned
plants have the same healing effects. The smoke is inhaled through
the burning of the plants, most often in the form of incense.
Almost every package of Tibetan, Nepali, or Bhutanese incense
will tout it's healing properties based on it's various ingredients.
These healing beliefs have existed for hundreds of years and
ayurvedic medicine continues today to be a source of health for
millions of people all over the world.
Essence
of the Ages®, in conjunction with The Direct
Help Foundation of Nepal,
is pleased to bring you the finest healing incense ingredients available.
All ingredients are hand selected for their quality and freshness.
These ingredients can be mixed together to
form loose incense, sticks, cones, or simply burned on their own.
Try the Himalayan Cedar or Himalayan Juniper, our two most popular
raw incense ingredients. They are fabulous burned alone or mixed
with other incense ingredients.
Look for upcoming
incense recipes using our ingredients from Nepal!
Please
note: We
are offering these ingredients for the making of incense
only. We are not selling them as food
grade commodities, or
medicine, and are making no claims as such.
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Hi!
I've been very impressed with you folks! As someone who has
only recently begun to make his own incense I have ordered
raw materials form all over the country. Your Laha is great
(!) as well as the other materials. I also appreciate the
traditions that you are a part of and it feels good to learn
about the history. Thank you for helping me in this journey
of understanding.
 -Larry O.
Chicago, IL |
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Laha
and Dar: Laha and Dar can be used just like Makko but
for a 1/3 of the cost of Makko. For 'die-hard'
Makko users, a mix of Laha or Dar and Makko can stretch the Makko,
actually making it less expensive.
Just like Makko, Laha and Dar have water soluble adhesive properties
(for use in making incense sticks and cones), an almost odorless
characteristic
that seems to be entirely lost when mixed and burned with
other ingredients, and the ability to burn smoothly
and evenly.
Our
Laha and Dar is 'baby powder' fine; perfect for blending into
your favorite incense recipe or using it to burn ingredients,
as in an 'incense trail'.
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Dar can
be mixed with any kind of Laha in any
proportion. In Nepal the people use Dar more to make cones, called pyramids.
Dar is dryer than Laha and this means it is not as flexible, therefore
the reason it is better for cones.
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Laha: Is the inside part of the bark
and it is used as binder, especially for sticks. |
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Black
(Kalo) Laha: Contains all of the bark from the
tree and it is used as binder and also as a component.
The outside
part of
the bark is black. It is used as wood in some Tibetan
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References:
The Dictionary of Nepalese Plant Names - Keshab
Shrestha, Mandala Book Point, copyright 1998
Religious and Useful Plants of Nepal and India - Majupuria and Joshia,
M. Gutpa, copyright 1997
Plants and People of Nepal - Narayan P. Manandhar, Timber Press,
copyright 2002 |
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