Indian, or Yellow Pastils

• 1 lb Santal-wood, in powder
• 1-1/2 lb Gum benzoin
• 1/4 lb. Gum Tolu
• 1 - 1/2 oz Nitrate of potass
• 3 drachms  Otto of santal
• 3 drachms otto of cassia
• 3 drachms otto of cloves
• Mucilage of tragacantha, q.s. to make the whole into a stiff paste.

The benzoin, santal-wood, and Tolu, are to be powdered and mixed by sifting them, adding the ottos. The nitre being dissolved in the mucilage, is then added. After well beating in a mortar, the pastils are
formed in shape with a pastil mould, and gradually dried.

The Chinese jossticks are of a similar composition, but contain no Tolu. Jossticks are burned as incense in the temples of the Buddahs in the Celestial Empire, and to such an extent as to greatly enhance the value of santal-wood.



India Incense

All India or Hindu Incenses contain Sandalwood as a base, and they together with any Spice, particularly Cinnamon, is burned in the Temples. However, some of the Hindu Incenses are made more aromatic with the addition of essential oils or perfume bases.


Persian Incense

Persian Incense is a combination using Sandalwood and a  Spice, mainly Cinnamon, together with Benzoin or  Frankincense and Myrrh.