Sandalwood Red C/S (Santalum rubrum; Chandana) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Called Chandana, Rakta or Raktachandana, Red Sandalwood is a traditional Indian incense and dye wood used for ritual, meditation, candlemaking and cloth dyeing. Red Sandalwood Wool Dye: http://www.allfiberarts.com/library/dye/blsandalwood.htm: Use clean, premordanted wool or yarn. Measure the sandalwood (200% WOG) into a small dish. Add alcohol to cover and let stand for 30 minutes. Put treated Sandalwood into a nylon stocking and add into dyepot filled with hot water and simmer for 1 hour. Add premordanted fibre or yarn into the dyepot and simmer for 1 hour. Allow the dyepot to cool. Remove the fibre or yarn from the dyepot, rinse and let dry.' Brick Red to Purple: http://www.eng.iastate.edu/explorer/topics/dyes/dyeing.html: Weigh out chips and dust to 200% (of the dry fiber weight). Place red sandalwood in a stocking and steep in water overnight. Next day, heat enough water to cover the fiber in a dyepot to 120. Tie off the top of the stocking and add it plus the dye solution to the heated water. Mix well and bring to just below boiling for 1 hour. Remove stocking and add warm wetted fiber to the dyebath, bring to 195 and simmer for one hour. Remove from heat and let sit in the bath, stirring occasionally overnight. On the second day, remove the fiber, wash and let dry.' Today, Red Sandalwood is a brightening agent in tea mixtures and a coloring agent in toothpaste. Little is known about its effects in the body, although it has a considerable Ayurvedic reputation. No known medical conditions preclude the use of Red Sandalwood, and there are no hazards on record. Ayurvedic tradition regards Red Sandalwood as anti-coagulant, decongestant improves, expectorant, antipyretic, hypnotic, antibacterial and disinfectant. It is used for traumatic wounds, abrasions and bruises. Anthony C. Dweck, BSc CChem FRSC FLS FRSH: http://www.dweckdata.com/Published/Indian.htm: 'Red Sandalwood is ground to a pastewith water or honey, and applied topically as a popular home remedy in southern India, especially Kerala, for post-acne and other facial scars. This treatment may rarely produce allergic contact dermatitis.'