This Sandalwood is directly ground into powder from raw Old Mountain series Sandalwood. No chemical additions or perfume added. We guarantee there is no extraction of sandalwood essential oil before making this powder incense. There are multiple usages for this sandalwood powder. Here this item was prepared to be used as incense only. If you use for cosmetic purpose, we suggest you to sterilize before pasting on face or skin.

In "Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs", it states the Sandalwood: the medicinal is mild and smell is fragrant. It can help adjust the spleen and lung, benefit to chest diaphragm and exorcise evil spirits. It benefits the stomach and raises the desire for food. It is an important medicine to help adjust the vital energy. It is widely be used in religious pray, offering sacrifices to gods or ancestors and giving scent. It can also be used with other fragrance powder and is the indispensable incense in studying the dharma.