Sandalwood na asali ne a tarihi a Kudancin Indiya, amma ana iya samun wasu nau'in a Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal da Malaysia. An ambaci wannan bishiya mai tsarki a cikin Vedas, nassosin Hindu mafi tsufa. A yau ma mabiya addinin Hindu suna amfani da sandalwood a lokutan bukukuwa da bukukuwa. Ayurveda yana amfani da man sandalwood azaman maganin aromatherapy don cututtuka, damuwa da damuwa. Ya kamata a lura da cewa sandalwood na Australiya (Santalum spicatum) mai, wanda aka yi amfani da shi sosai wajen yin kayan kwalliya, ya bambanta sosai da ainihin nau'in Indiyawan (Santalum album). A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, gwamnatocin Indiya da Nepal sun kula da noman sandalwood saboda yawan noma. Hakan ya haifar da karin farashin man da ake amfani da shi na sandalwood, wanda farashinsa ya kai dala dubu biyu kan ko wacce kilogiram. Bugu da ƙari, lokacin maturation na sandalwood shine shekaru 30, wanda kuma ya shafi tsadar man fetur. Shin kun yarda cewa sandalwood yana da alaƙa da mistletoe (wani tsiro da ke lalata rassan bishiyoyi masu ɗorewa)? Wannan gaskiya ne. Sandalwood da turawa mistletoe na da dangin Botanical iri ɗaya ne. Man fetur ya ƙunshi fiye da mahadi ɗari, amma manyan abubuwan da ke tattare da su sune alpha da beta santanol, wanda ke ƙayyade abubuwan warkarwa. Wani bincike da aka buga a Applied Microbiology Letters a cikin 2012 ya lura da kaddarorin ƙwayoyin cuta na sandalwood mahimmancin mai akan nau'ikan ƙwayoyin cuta da yawa. Sauran nazarin sun nuna tasirin mai akan E. coli, anthrax, da wasu kwayoyin cuta na kowa. A cikin 1999, wani binciken Argentine ya duba ayyukan man sandalwood akan ƙwayoyin cuta na herpes simplex. An lura da iyawar mai don kashe ƙwayoyin cuta, amma ba kashe ƙwayoyin su ba. Don haka, ana iya kiran man sandalwood antiviral, amma ba virucidal ba. Wani binciken Thailand na 2004 ya kuma duba tasirin sandalwood mai mahimmanci akan aikin jiki, tunani da tunani. An yi amfani da man da aka diluted akan fatar mahalarta da dama. An bai wa wadanda aka yi gwajin amfani da abin rufe fuska domin hana su shakar man. An auna ma'auni takwas na jiki, gami da hawan jini, ƙimar numfashi, ƙiftawar ido, da zafin fata. An kuma tambayi mahalarta don bayyana abubuwan da suka faru na motsin rai. Sakamakon ya kasance mai gamsarwa. Sandalwood muhimmanci man yana da annashuwa, calming sakamako a kan duka biyu tunani da jiki.
2022-11-11