Description
- he highly therapeutic essential oil or distilled water of the aromatic grass is derived from its roots and is known to have a calming and balancing scent that is often compared to earthy and petrikar scents.
- This emits a fragrance and keeps the rooms cool until the moisture vaporized.
- The aroma of Vetiver/Khus roots is uplifting, relaxing, and comforting. It cools the body and mind from excessive heat. These thin aromatic roots are used in incense burning. It produces an earthy, sweet, heavy, relaxing fragrance when added to incense mixtures in small quantities.
Vetiver, also known as Khus, is a pleasantly scented herb that finds many uses during the Indian summer, due to its cooling and refreshing properties. The highly therapeutic essential oil or distilled water of the aromatic grass is derived from its roots and is known to have a calming and balancing scent that is often compared to earthy and petrikar scents. The botanical name of vetiver is Vetiveria zizanioides. Common names for vetiver are khas-khas, khus-khus, kuruveeru, vettivilu, vetiveerum, vetiveerum, vativeeru, lamancha, kaddu, karidappajje hullu, ramacham, vettiveeru, lamaja, ramcham, ushira, benachera, water, vetivelu, rhimura, sudira gandhimula. In major parts of India, its roots have been woven to make fragrant mats, fans, ornamental baskets and many other small articles for hundreds of years. In summers, the doors and windows are covered with the Vetiver/Khus root fiber mats and water is sprinkled on them from outside. This emits a fragrance and keeps the rooms cool until the moisture vaporized. The aroma of Vetiver/Khus roots is uplifting, relaxing, and comforting. It cools the body and mind from excessive heat. These thin aromatic roots are used in incense burning. It produces an earthy, sweet, heavy, relaxing fragrance when added to incense mixtures in small quantities. How do you use vetiver root? Here's the ideal way to use them in an earthen pot, add clean drinking water, and place the vetiver roots inside. Cover and let the roots steep into the water for a few hours. Strain, and then drink up.