What is incense made from? Detailed answer

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What is incense made from?

Frankincense is a resin and spice substance that emits a pleasant smell when burned. Resin is produced by plants. Frankincense got its name from the name of the resin of a certain tree, but other resins can also be used. Frankincense can be made from a wide variety of substances, such as bark, wood and tree roots, aromatic herbs and plants, seeds, flowers, fruits that give off a fragrant smell. The custom of smoking incense is very ancient. It is distributed throughout the world. Initially, it was used in religious ceremonies, ceremonies for fumigation and purification of sacrifices on the altar.

Among Jews who worship the second book of the Old Testament, Exodus, the smoking of incense was a rite that was ordered to be performed. It was part of the commemoration ceremony, funeral service. Frankincense was used by many peoples, including the ancient Egyptians, Romans, Hindus, Chinese, Persians, Aztecs, and Incas. The Catholic Church began to use frankincense extensively around the XNUMXth century.

Today, the Latin and Greek churches are fumigated with incense during worship. The Roman Catholic Church uses it at solemn masses, processions, funerals, and during the consecration of churches. The Anglican Church at one time abandoned the use of incense, but returned to it again in the middle of the XNUMXth century. As you can see, incense smoking plays an important role in human religious rites.

Author: Likum A.

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A plant needs roots for two main reasons. Firstly, it is a support in the soil, and secondly, it is the absorption of water and mineral salts from the soil. The roots of most plants grow in the soil. They don't just "sit" there, they help the plant grow. Stretching, branching, the roots fit snugly to the soil particles and absorb minerals from the soil. Thousands of tiny hairs growing on a young root absorb substances from the soil. Therefore, when a young plant is pulled out of the soil, soil particles often linger on the root hairs.

Some plants have tap roots. A tap root is one large root that is much larger than other, branching roots. Other plants do not have one large root, but several roots of approximately the same size. Such roots form a tufted root system. Herbs have such a system. Soil in which many adventitious roots are thus protected from erosion by them. In other plants, most of the roots grow from the stem, such as geraniums. As they grow, the roots thicken and accumulate large amounts of sugar and starch. Beets and sweet potatoes are examples of this.

The sweet potato is the root, but the eyed Irish potato is the stem. Not all plants have roots in the soil. Some tropical tree orchids have hanging roots that grow in the air and absorb moisture.

English ivy and poison ivy attach to walls or trees with aerial roots. Some plants have special roots that develop underground and grow into the soil, forming props. A few roots, like the sweet potato, form buds that grow into leafy branches and are used to propagate the plant.

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