I love incenses and I suppose that you are also reading this article. We have talked a lot about the best incenses to relax, to attract certain energies to our path and more, but what about the way of turning off the incense?

Let’s find out together.

What is the best way to turn off the incense?

First, how should we use incense? The ideal would be to turn them on and let them consume completely, but in cases where it is necessary to turn off the incense before it burns completely, there are some things that you must take into account.

How to do it correctly?

To correctly turn off an incense, you have to place the tip of the incense on a metal surface and press down, as if a cigarette turned off. The ashes do not damage resinasí that there is not what to worry about.

Never try to introduce the rod into the water to turn them off, since this uses the incense and when I try to turn it back (even if it is dry) it could have lost its function or the aroma could have changed.

Avoid lighting incense next to materials that may easily burn, or leave the incense on when you leave the house unless it is a safe area. It doesn’t matter how you feel at that time, remember that it is always better to act with caution.

When lighting the incense, pay special attention to what is in the immediate vicinity. Everything that is flammable must move away for security reasons.

How to get rid of the incense once turned off?

As I lately have a lot of incense, I wanted to make sure I used its ashes correctly to enjoy some of its incredible benefits. Investigating, I discovered that one of the old methods of agriculture consisted of burning some sections of the forest and then growing the new areas that the ashes had fertilized.

Ash is a natural fertilizer and the fact that it then returns to the ground is part of the cycle of nature. In addition to burning trunks and tree branches, you can also obtain ash of pruned branches, herbs and dry leaves.

Among the nutritional elements of ash are potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and calcium, of vital importance. The quantity and quality of the nutritional elements contained in the ash depend on what is burned to obtain it: the age of the plant from which the wood was obtained, the species, the environment in which the tree or the plant that were used, for example.

Before spreading incense ash on the ground as fertilizer, it is also very important to keep in mind that ash should only be used as fertilizer when the origin of the burned wood can be traced.

Natural cycle

Ash represents the final result of a kind of natural cycle:

• A tree, through its roots, first absorbs all nutrients on the ground;
• Through water, the tree absorbs other nutrients;
• All elements absorbed by the ground and water accumulate in the wood of the trunk and the branches of the tree;
• When the wood is burned, the fire produces fumes by which oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and ashes are produced;
• The ash obtained from the burned tree wood contains many nutrients that are returned to the ground using ash as fertilizer and, in addition, is a wonderful way to return key elements to nature to help new plants grow and prosper.

I love this concept.

Also read:
A list of trees that symbolize love (and how to connect with them)
Where did the incense originate? [Historia y simbolismo].

Using the right incense is very important

When the incense turns off, we create even more smoke than that could come from natural combustion and full consumption. Keep in mind that the common, low -price incense is made in India in large factories that use various chemicals to give the aroma and color product.

Thus, in our incense wands we can find synthetic laboratory perfumes, synthetic dyes, diverse tails and combustible raw materials of doubtful quality and origin.

The most common incense is the one that has a cone and rod shape that turns on at one end and is burned to create the smoke that characterizes the product. During combustion, the substances that make up the incense are burned and released into the air through smoke, also releasing new substances formed by combustion, such as formaldehyde.

In combustion, these substances, already full of allergens and toxic materials, change shape and become even more denatured and harmful substances for health that come into contact with us through air. They also contain heavy metal residues that are released to the environment during use and release a very fine and harmful powder.

The fumes produced by poor quality inhabbles are easily inhaled, they enter the lungs, they can damage the heart, lungs, arteries, cause respiratory problems and trigger allergies of diverse degree. If we do not find certificates on the labels, we are not sure of the product and the shopkeeper cannot give us adequate information, we do not buy it.

The same precaution must be taken when buying scented candles, which also usually contain toxic substances released into the air. Thus, we always buy high quality certified products to enjoy the incredible benefits of incense and, at the same time, protect our health.