Natural bamboo skewer incense
Many people don't usually use incense much, and they will prepare more for the New Year or if they need to worship. Most people do not have the experience of distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of incense, and they are not very particular about using incense, and they mostly buy what they see.
Because of this, in recent years, the grassroots market (especially the rural market) has been flooded with chemical incense, among which inferior chemical incense (hereinafter referred to as "inferior incense") is the majority, and the online shopping market is also uneven, and chemical incense is generally disguised as natural incense.
Dyed inferior incense
The dangers of inferior incense
Chemical incense has nothing to do with natural spices such as agarwood and sandalwood, and is mostly made by adding chemical raw materials such as sawdust and crop straw powder.
Inferior incense is a fragrance that does not meet the national standard, usually adding excessive amounts of stone powder, binder (polyacrylamide), accelerant (potassium nitrate), flavor and other auxiliary substances, and the cost can be as low as a few yuan per kilogram.
Qualified chemical incense can be used, but it should be used sparingly on different occasions, such as being used in the bathroom to remove odors. The use of inferior incense will not only pollute the environment, but also be harmful to people, and can cause many pathologies, such as dizziness, cough, asthma, allergic rhinitis, etc., and even cancer.
Maybe you will think that it is just to use it occasionally during the New Year's holidays, and nothing will happen. But the actual situation is that in the mass market where there is a lack of supervision and many competing products, the use of chemical additives is becoming more and more unrestrained in order to sell inferior incense, and the "toxicity" of incense is becoming more and more intense.
Another point may be more important, worshipping ancestors and worshipping gods and Buddhas should be pious, and it is best not to use chemical incense, especially inferior incense. The ancestors or gods and Buddhas have been fainted, where can they still take care of your prayers and demands.
Inferior incense of the printed lettering
How to distinguish an inferior incense
Chemical and inferior incense usually have the following characteristics:
1. Printing and printing. The deodorant body will be printed with "responsive", "prosperous business", "prosperous and prosperous", "gold list title",
"Family peace" and other auspicious words, patterns such as dragon, gold ingots, money, auspicious cloud patterns and so on.
2. Dyeing. Worship and pray with incense dyed gold, red, yellow, green, purple and other flowers and green colors.
3. Angry. The smell is usually unnatural, with a strong smell of fireworks or a hint of chemical flavors. Some people will feel uncomfortable after smelling it, and symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, tears, coughing, and asthma may occur.
4. Incense ash is hot. The ash fell on the back of the hand, and there was a noticeable burning sensation.
5. Cheap. It does not correspond to the market of natural fragrances, or does not correspond to the value of the raw materials described.
Any one of 1~4 can be judged as a chemical incense, and if it is too cheap at the same time, it can be judged as an inferior incense; if there is only item 5 for reference after the comparison before buying, it can be suspected that it is a chemical incense; if there is a physical discomfort in item 3 after use, it can be judged as an inferior incense.
In addition, some smokeless or slightly smoked incense and ash rolled incense that are not too expensive, are mostly chemical incense or inferior incense.
The naturally scented ash is not hot to the hand
With which incense is suitable
Natural incense is the right fragrance for the New Year.
Natural incense is made using natural raw materials supplemented with vegetable sticky powder, without any chemical additives. Not only suitable for New Year's gifts, high-quality natural incense is also suitable for daily pleasant health, with purifying, fragrance-enhancing environment and soothing and relaxing effects.
How can I buy natural incense?
Generally speaking, the natural incense is roughly the primary color of plants and trees, will not be dyed, printed and printed, the price is reasonable (the more precious the spices used, the higher the price), the incense ash is not hot, and the smell is natural and comfortable.
Referring to the above and combining several characteristics of chemical fragrances, at least most of the chemical fragrances can be avoided. When purchasing, don't believe the description of the merchant, see more and compare, understand the general market, and it is not very difficult to buy natural incense. If you really can't be sure, refer to this guideline: the high price is not necessarily a good fragrance, but the cheap one is certainly not a good fragrance.
Protect the environment, pay attention to physical and mental health, use less chemical incense, do not use inferior incense, and start this year's New Year.