Vedic homemade Dhoop made from Desi cow-dung.

I had tried Dhoop making in my home in the traditional Vedic style. Let me explain you the recipe and other details.

Items needed - 

1. Natural Camphor - Bhimseni Camphor - 50 gm

2. Nagarmotha (Cypriol) -20 gm)

3. Guggul - 20 gm

4. Tagar - Valeriana walichii - 20 gm

5. Anantmool root - Indian Sarsaparilla - 20 gm

6. Kapur kachri - Hydachium Spikatum - 20 gm

7. Jatamasi (Spikenard) - 20 gm

8. Desi Cow dung- 1 kg

9. Ghee (Clarified butter) - 100 gm

10 - Gangajal (Water sourced from Ganga River) q.s.

11. Purified water - q.s

First of all start with Sundrying of cowdung for couple of days and then make a powder of it.

Use an iron Mortar and Pastle for grinding all the herbs manually. Do not use grinder machine as the essential oils will not be activated.

Make a uniform mixture of the herbs with Ghee and Ganga Jal and mix thoroughly.

Use purified water to make mixture in a Semisolid form.

Make cones and put them on a metallic plate for sun drying.

Dry the cones in sun but not in direct sunlight. Put the plates on a shady place and dry for 3-4 days.

After drying, store the dhoops in a box for use.

The smell of dhoop was really rejuvenating and soothing. For me, its hard to explain the smell but I can say it elevates mood and create a positive environment in home.

Do try my recipe and let me know your thoughts.....

P.s. - I have seen some studies in internet, performed by western scholars that, burning these herbs (above ones) had reduced microbial count from environmental monitoring via plate count method.

Cheers !