Afarsemon was expanded in a couple of ranches near the Dead Sea, especially the desert oasis of Ein Gedi. Like its sister, Myrrh, Afarsemon was both a sacred and medical plant with many aesthetic uses as well. It was one of the plants made use of to make the Holy Incense of the Holy place in Jerusalem and it was renowned for its skin rejuvenating properties.
The plant itself is usually somewhere in between a shrub to a small tree with fallen leaves that look like the fallen leaves of the Rue plant. All the above ground components are extremely fragrant. Like Myrrh, small lacerations made into the bark radiate an amber tinted resin. Unlike Incense, the divisions could be reduced into tiny items and boiled in water to produce a quite fragrant medicinal juice that was made use of in lots of cosmetic applications.
There are presently some recurring agricultural jobs in Israel to reintroduce Afarsemon to the Judean and Negev Deserts. We have actually already started to try out brand-new formulas with this plant and we anticipate its usage in our items in the close to future.