Boxwood comb: Boxwood: It has been the first choice for combing hair since ancient times. Compendium of Materia Medica (Volume 36 of Mubu) "Boxwood is important in the world because it has no fire", "Its wood is tight and greasy, and it is better to comb, plane and print" and "clear heat, promote diuresis and detoxify". Modern medicine has found that it contains buxine (CH 18H2 1N03), which can inhibit the growth of fungi, so the effect of relieving itching and removing dandruff after combing hair is better. (See Medical Herald 93-2).
Boxwood is a common evergreen plant in tropical and temperate zones, which is widely distributed in the southeast coast, southwest China and Taiwan Province Province. There are 4 genera 100 species of Buxus. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree (now called authentic boxwood), with light yellow wood, tough texture, fine texture, moderate hardness, no brown eyes, long growth period and no aniseed. Boxwood grows very slowly, blooms in winter and bears fruit in spring. It usually takes 40 to 50 years to grow to 3-5 meters high and its diameter is less than 15 cm. In ancient times, it was said that boxwood was not only short in leap years, but also shortened. Song Sushi: "As the saying goes, Huang Yang grows an inch at the age of one, and retreats three inches in case of leap." Therefore, it is called "the Millennium is short". With the increase of age, the color of wood will change from light to dark, and gradually become jujube red. Suitable for fine carving, simple and beautiful. Boxwood has been the first choice for combing since ancient times. Compendium of Materia Medica (Volume 36 of Mubu) "Boxwood is important in the world because it has no fire", "Its wood is tight and greasy, and it is better to comb, plane and print" and "clear heat, promote diuresis and detoxify". Modern medicine has found that it contains buxine (CH 18H2 1N03), which can inhibit the growth of fungi, so the effect of relieving itching and removing dandruff after combing hair is better. Boxwood is also a medicinal wood, and combing your hair often will have a good health care effect! Authentic boxwood combs go through 28 processes from cutting to finished products. Among them, carving, tracing, ironing, engraving, grinding and other extremely exquisite processes can only be completed by traditional process production methods. The price of a boxwood comb made of all materials ranges from ten yuan (9 cm) to several hundred yuan (20 cm). The price depends on the length of wooden comb and the difficulty of processing technology, and the quantity is limited! As for the sandalwood mentioned below, so much the better, but the real sandalwood refers to Indian sandalwood, not emerald sandalwood or green sandalwood on the market, but it may be more luxurious as a comb, and the price of the finished sandalwood comb (practical) is at least thousands of yuan.