I-sandalwood ngokomlando idabuka eNingizimu ye-India, kodwa ezinye izinhlobo zingatholakala e-Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal naseMalaysia. Lesi sihlahla esingcwele kukhulunywa ngaso kuyiVedas, imibhalo emidala yamaHindu. Namuhla, i-sandalwood isasetshenziswa abalandeli bamaHindu phakathi nemithandazo nemikhosi. I-Ayurveda isebenzisa uwoyela we-sandalwood njengokwelashwa kwe-aromatherapy kwezifo, ingcindezi nokukhathazeka. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi uwoyela we-sandalwood wase-Australia (i-Santalum spicatum), osetshenziswa kabanzi ekwenzeni izimonyo, uhluke kakhulu ezinhlobonhlobo zakuqala zamaNdiya (i-albhamu kaSantalum). Eminyakeni yamuva, ohulumeni baseNdiya naseNepal baye balawula ukutshalwa kwe-sandalwood ngenxa yokutshala ngokweqile. Lokhu kwaholela ekwenyukeni kwentengo yamafutha abalulekile e-sandalwood, intengo yawo efinyelela amadola ayizinkulungwane ezimbili ngekhilogremu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isikhathi sokuvuthwa kwe-sandalwood iminyaka engu-30, esithinta nezindleko eziphakeme zamafutha ayo. Ingabe ukholelwa ukuthi i-sandalwood ihlobene ne-mistletoe (isitshalo esibulala amagatsha ezihlahla ezivuthulukayo)? Yiqiniso lokhu. I-Sandalwood kanye ne-mistletoe yaseYurophu ingeyomndeni ofanayo we-botanical. Amafutha aqukethe izinhlanganisela ezingaphezu kwekhulu, kodwa izingxenye eziyinhloko yi-alpha ne-beta santanol, enquma izici zayo zokuphulukisa. Ucwaningo olwanyatheliswa ku-Applied Microbiology Letters ngo-2012 lwaphawula izakhiwo ezilwa namagciwane zamafutha abalulekile e-sandalwood ngokumelene nezinhlobo ezimbalwa zamagciwane. Olunye ucwaningo lubonise ukusebenza kahle kwamafutha ngokumelene ne-E. coli, i-anthrax, namanye amagciwane avamile. Ngo-1999, ucwaningo lwase-Argentina lwabheka umsebenzi wamafutha e-sandalwood ngokumelene namagciwane e-herpes simplex. Ikhono lamafutha lokucindezela amagciwane, kodwa lingawabulali amaseli awo, laphawulwa. Ngakho, amafutha e-sandalwood angabizwa ngokuthi i-antiviral, kodwa hhayi i-virucidal. Ucwaningo lwaseThailand lwango-2004 luphinde lwabheka imiphumela yamafutha abalulekile e-sandalwood ekusebenzeni ngokomzimba, ngokwengqondo nangokomzwelo. Amafutha ahlanjululwe asetshenziswe esikhumbeni sabahlanganyeli abaningana. Abantu ababehlolwa banikezwa izifihla-buso ukuze babavimbele ekuhogeleni uwoyela. Kwakalwa amapharamitha angokomzimba ayisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa umfutho wegazi, izinga lokuphefumula, izinga lokucwayiza kwamehlo, nezinga lokushisa lesikhumba. Abahlanganyeli baphinde bacelwa ukuba bachaze okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ngokomzwelo. Imiphumela yayikholisa. Amafutha e-sandalwood abalulekile anomphumela ophumuzayo, opholile kokubili ingqondo nomzimba.
2022-11-11