Monks Herbal Incense Update
In this issue, we have included a short introduction to Aromatherapy with Ayurvedic Incense, with a link to our longer in depth article presented online.

We also give you some Useful Tips on running a retail incense business, and direct your attention to some helpful resources. Please feel free to contact us to request special topics for future issues, or just to let us know how your satisfied customers are enjoying our products. If you prefer to receive our updates in ordinary text rather than html, please use the "text-only" link below.

We would also like to remind our readers that the Previous Incense Update,
highlighting the rich Mysore Tradition, Culture and History along with business
tips is available online.

The Monks

Aromatherapy Thru Ayurveda
Aromatherapy, as a term, was coined by French chemist Rene-Maurice Gattefossé in 1937. However, the therapeutic use of herbal essences can be traced back to the earliest periods of civilization in India, Egypt and China.

Aromatherapy has been used in Vedic India. Floral and other herbal essences have been in continuous use by the indigenous medical system, Ayurveda, since time immemorial. Western and Indian chronologies disagree on the exact timeline for this traditional medical system, but scholars agree that extant classics such as the Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas, dating back thousands of years, are mere recensions and compilations of much earlier knowledge.

Ayurvedic physicians utilized herbal essences profusely for both mental and physical therapies. According to Ayurvedic pharmacology, the intrinsic qualities of flowers and other herbs allow for the selection of precise single or compound remedies to bring harmony to each individual. Such qualities include taste, energetic potential, post-assimilation effect, and specific action (rasa, virya, vipaka and prabhava).

In the form of carefully formulated Incense, herbal preparations are used in Ayurveda to prevent infection, purify the environment, and stimulate prana, the vital force and Incense is used effectively in Ayurveda to restore harmony to the phycho-physical constitution and increase the mode of goodness, or sattva. [Full Article on our Website]

Six Tips for Business Success
Your business success is going to eventually depend on the type of products that you offer and/or the service that you provide. There are so many different people telling you how to be successful, and the majority of them are still struggling themsleves. If you have decided to jump into the internet marketing arena, here are a few things that could help you be more successful.

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Thank you from Monks herbal incense