Red Sandalwood

Sandalwood is believed to have been used for over 4,000 years for healing, protection and spiritual upliftment. There are records in ancient documents written in Sanskrit and Chinese that attest to the use of sandalwood as incense in religious ceremonies and rituals where the elevation of the soul is sought.
Ancient mystics used sandalwood to stimulate and activate psychic centers as well as to aid meditation, calm nerves and activate sexuality.
The fragrance of Sandalwood generates an atmosphere of calm. It is used when seeking inner peace, balance, in moments of reflection, for people with stress and with a very busy lifestyle. It dissolves tension and invites your imagination to flow on a wonderful and rejuvenating journey.

Some magical properties of Sandalwood:
- Attracts love, promotes sensuality, sexuality and attraction
- Used in consecrations
- Promotes intuition
- Attracts success
- Awakens awareness of past lives.
- Brings courage and confidence to face times of rapid change
- Provides tranquility and harmony.
- Promotes the alignment of subtle bodies
- Helps in studies and promotes mental balance.
- Promotes spirituality, raises vibrations, favors meditation and intuition
- Used as incense, purifies, discharges bad energies, heals and protects.

On the physical plane:
- In Ayurvedic medicine, (see meaning below) it is used to treat respiratory, gallbladder, kidney, inflammation and skin problems. It is also used for headache and has a strong antibacterial substance.

Sandalwood scientific name = Santalum album
planet: moon
Element: Air

Curiosity:
In the past, the Indians found that the sandalwood tree was not attacked by pests and, for that reason, it was considered the tree of vitality, of life.

Ayurveda: Name given to the medical knowledge developed in India about 7 thousand years ago, which makes it one of the oldest medicinal systems of humanity. Ayurveda means, in Sanskrit, Science (veda) of life (ayur).