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What is Palo Santo?
Palo Santo Bursera graveolens,
known in Spanish as
palo santo ("holy wood") is a wild tree
native from Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to Peru and
Venezuela that inhabits the South American Gran Chaco
region (northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and the
Brazilian Mato Grosso). It is also found in Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, and the Galapagos islands. The tree belongs to the
same family (Burseraceae) as frankincense and myrrh. It
is widely used in folk medicine for stomach ache, as
sudorific, and as liniment for rheumatism.
Aged heartwood is rich in terpenes such as
limonene and limonene and α-terpineol.
How
to Use Palo Santo:
Palo Santo is used by lighting the end of the
palo santo wood with a lighter or candle and letting it
burn for just a little bit, then blow it out and blow on
the red coals until it begins to release smoke.
You may need to light and blow out several times to get
it started.
Palo santo has been
used as an incense for thousands of years throughout
south america, it was used by the Incas, and continues
to be used today by the Roman Catholic church in South
America as and incense during church services.
Some use the wood in
hot water, to create a tea.
About Our Palo Santo:
We are proud to bring the
what is recognized as the best palo santo in the world,
which comes from Equador.
Countless benefits, that’s what gives us the Palo Santo.
The Healing Tree captivated the Spanish during the
conquest of the Americas and even today, four hundred
years later, keeps dazzling us. As incredible as it may
sound, all parts of the tree are used in one way or
another, which means that there’s absolutely no waste
product. Bursera Graveloens is the scientific name of
the Palo Santo, which means “bag full of oil.”
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