What is Artificial Agarwood? Advantages and Disadvantages of creation of Agarwood on Aquilaria crassna

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Advantages

• Simple, easy to do
• This method is a necessary condition for the formation of agarwood trees. From the wound, microorganisms will easily penetrate the trunk to parasitize.

Weakness

• The output of agarwood is very little, it takes a lot of effort
• Long time
• The probability of success is low, sometimes it takes decades for the tree to not produce agarwood
• Need to combine with other methods.

Chemical method (using chemicals)

Strongly acidic chemicals such as Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4), Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) or even the Dioxin (Orange Agent) ingredient in herbicides can be easily found in markets at very low prices. cheap without license. From these chemicals, people will apply two ways to stimulate the process of creating agarwood:

• Drill holes in the stem. Inject or pour the chemical mixture into the bottle, then fix it on the stem

The chemical solution stimulates the Agarwood tree to create agarwood (Source: Internet)

• Peel off the bark of the do gourd tree. Apply a layer of chemicals on the trunk to collect agarwood

Advantages

• The output of agarwood is more than the physical method
• Short harvest time, about 6-12 months after chemical injection or sweeping
• The probability of success is quite high
• The color of the essential oil is deep on the dark wood grain. When burned, it has a strong, concentrated aroma
• High selling price, often advertised as natural Agarwood

Weakness

• Due to the impact of strong chemicals when the tree is young, the tree rots and dies. In the area where the tree was transplanted with chemicals, other plants also died gradually. Chemicals seep into the soil affecting the water source of surrounding rivers and streams. This leads to ecological imbalance, affecting people's lives.
• People exposed to chemicals by touching and smelling often when the implant is pumped will be susceptible to dermatological and respiratory diseases. Over time, it can lead to cancer.
• When burning or burning incense, the amount of smoke remaining with chemical residues in products from Agarwood will cause users to experience stinging eyes, nose pain, headache, dizziness... This is the cause of rhinitis as well as exacerbation of symptoms in patients with asthma and allergic rhinitis.

Biological method (using microbial products)

Advantages

• The obtained agarwood is guaranteed to be clean - real - safe for the health of the producer as well as the consumer.
• Plants grow naturally, not weakened like chemical transplants.
• Agarwood has a mild, sweet fragrance.

Weakness

• The yield of agarwood is less than the chemical method.
• It takes a long time to transplant and harvest, usually about 15-20 years.
• The probability of success is not too high, the economic efficiency is average if there is no investment in in-depth research. Many plants transplanted with microbial solution but did not produce agarwood.
• Microbiological solutions have a higher selling price than chemicals.