Investigation on the Chinese Crude Drugs Used in Chinese Incense

Autor: Tien-Ning Chang, 張恬寧
Rok vydání: 2005
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 93
It is a very important spiritual tool in compatriot's mind to offer sacrifices by using Chinese incense. Besides religion use, a lot of people like to burn agallwood, either wood chip or powder in the room to enjoy the fragrant atmospher.The main materials for making incense are the bamboo stick (incense stick), Chinese herb powder, sticking agent, combustion-supporting agent, dyes, inducer, mixures and others. According to ancient literature survey of incense, a total of 258 kinds of Chinese herbs had been used for making incense. The most commonly used 25 Chinese herbs for incense are: Aquilaria agallocha Roxb., Santalum album L., Rheum palmatum L., Lysimachia foenum-graecum Hance., Lysimachia capillipes Henmsl., Nardostachys chinensis Batal., Aucklandia lappa Dence., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., Aglaia odorata Lour., Syzygium aromaticum Merr. et Perry, Cinnamomum cassia Presl., Angelica dahurica Bench. et Hook. f., Umbilicaria esculenta Minks, Illicium verum Hook. f., Periploca sepium Bunge., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., Kaempferia galanga L. Alpinia officinarum Hance, Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt, Magnolia biondii Pamp., Paeonia suffruticosa Andr., Angelica sinensis Diel., Styrax benzoin Dryand., and Liquidambar formosana Hance. Based on the investigation of the regional trade unions and network information (hiPage), there are 3157 incense stores (including the incense retailers and incense manufactories) in Taiwan. We made field investigation by visiting the incense retail shops and incense manufactories and collected the raw materials for making incense products. The use frequency of these Chinese herbs was analyzed. Some commonly used ingredients were chosen and analyzed by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC). We also collected the burned gas of some incense samples and analyzed by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy (GC/MS). The results showed that the major content of the burned gas were mostly alkenes and alcohols. Human hazardous PAHs were not found except some naphthalene which was two ring PAHs and was found to be not mutagenic and was not hazardous to human beings.
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