Wood : Gaharu

Gaharu is an agarwood or the market name is oudh. Gaharu is vegetation of Indonesia and can be found in java,kalimantan and papua.

Gaharu become expensive because the latex. If gaharu infected by bacteria,the body will produce mucus as an immune system,that mucus will solid and become gubal. This gubal is resin that have good aroma.

Source :

http://www.google.co.id/search?q=gubal+gaharu&tbm=isch&oq=gub+gaharu&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-serp.1.0.0i7i30l4j0i7i5i30.81466.83516.0.84833.14.10.0.0.0.5.603.1956.4j2j3j5-1.10.0....0...1c.1.34.mobile-heirloom-serp..9.5.1394.9frST6b_oP8#mhpiv=4

 

From mucus until become resin is very long and take about 25 years,but the farmers have a treatment method to manipulate that,by injecting a microbe liquid into the body. The resin will rapidly produced,the result will come only 5 years.

Source :

http://www.google.co.id/search?q=pohon+gaharu&tbm=isch&oq=pohon+gaharu&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-serp.1.0.0l5.19488.22405.0.24031.14.11.0.0.0.2.432.2889.2-9j1j1.11.0....0...1c.1.34.mobile-heirloom-serp..8.6.1350.lAxbVrRr6dc#mhpiv=1

 

The resin will have different color,every color have different quality.

The black resin : strong aroma

The brown resin : medium aroma

The white resin : low aroma

This resin must to process into oil by smoke destilation,this resin is soak into boiled water,the smoke and residual will come out and become aromatic oil.

Source :

http://www.google.co.id/search?q=minyak+gaharu+asli&tbm=isch&ei=9oEeWKTtC8r7vATitKT4Cw&start=40&sa=N#mhpiv=4

Beside oil,the resin can be processed into soap,incense stick,or bracelet. But the oil is the most expensive because it is used for high class perfume. People use leaf of gaharu as tea for medicine,soak into boiled water and drink the water. It has many benefit :

Prevent the kidney problem and diabetes

Good for digestion and decrease diarrhea

Relaxing neuro and mind

Reduce insomnia,astma and headache

Stabilize blood cholesterol

Anti aging,cancer and tumor

Source :

http://www.google.co.id/search?q=dupa+stick+gaharu&tbm=isch&ei=SIMeWNzIGor4vASDjLiQBA&start=20&sa=N#mhpiv=1

Gaharu has special ingredient for medicine :

Alkaloid : natural antibiotic

Tannin : organic antiseptic

Flavonoid : anti inflamation

Agarospirol : anti stress

Source :

http://www.google.co.id/search?q=kayu+gaharu&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij-aq_-pLQAhVLRo8KHTprB6cQ_AUIBigB#mhpiv=19