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Dragon's Blood Incense
Dragon's blood is not an unkwon thing but very popular because of its highly valuable properties and products made from it like Dragon's Blood incense, Dragon's Blood resin, Dragon's Blood incense sticks, Dragon's Blood essential oil, Dragon's Blood perfumes, etc. So what is Dragon's Blood? Dragon's blood is a bright red resin obtained from the scaly fruit of several trees of the Daemonorops family. It can also be obtained from different trees of the genus Croton, Dracaena, Calamus rotang and Pterocarpus. It has long been used in coloring varnish, lacquers and for its medicinal properties. Dragon's Blood incense and Dragon's Blood incense sticks are burnt to get rid of evil spirits, negative vibrations, for cleansing and purification purpose. Apart from these properties Dragon's Blood incense are also associated with magical powers, energy, stregnth, courage and determination.
Most trees of Daemonocrop genus have long, slender stems and sometimes, some older trees are even seen to climb on other trees. The trees have spiny barks and leaves with prickly stalks, which often grow into long tails. They bear cherry sized, round, pointed berries which develop a reddish resinous substance when as they mature. This is the precursor of dragon's blood and is generally obtained by shaking or rubbing it in in coarse canvas bags or simply by steaming. The berries are then boiled in water which yields an decoction, which is of inferior quality.
Chemical Composition:
Dragon's blood is not miscible in water but features complete solubility in alcohol. It melts on heating and gives off benzoic acid. These bright red resins are brittle and breaks with an irregular, resinous fracture. Research and analysis document that it is made up of :
- 50 to 70 per cent resinous compound of benzoic and benzoyl-acetic acid, with dracoresinotannol, and also dracon alban and dracoresene.
- 56.8 per cent of red resin compounded of the first three mentioned above, 2.5 per cent of the white, amorphous dracoalban, 13.58 of the yellow, resinous dracoresene, 18.4 vegetable debris, and 8.3 per cent. ash.
90.7 per cent of red resin, draconin, 2.0 of fixed oil, 3.0 of benzoic acid, 1.6 of calcium oxalate, and 3.7 of calcium phosphate.
- 2.5 per cent of draco-alban, 13.58 of draco resen, 56.86 of draco resin, benzoic dracoresinotannol ester and benzoylaceticdracoresinotannol ester, with 18.4 of insoluble substances.
Uses of Dragon's Blood:
 Dragon's blood has been used chiefly used as a dye and varnish since ancient times. In china it was used to color the surface of papers used to make banners and wedding cards. It was the most popular source of varnish for Italian violin makers in the 18th century.
In traditional medicine, it is used as an external antiseptic to heal wounds and stop bleeding. It was also prescribed against chest pains, post-partum bleeding, internal traumas and menstrual irregularities.
Dragon's blood also enjoys extensive usage in black-magic and other spiritual and healing practices. African American healers use it in the form of incense to ward off and cleanse the space of negative spirits and influences. It is also mixed with red ink to make dragon ink blood which is used to engrave magical seals and talisman. Neo-pagan witchcraft employs it to enhance the strength of spells for pells for protection, love, banishing and sexuality.
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