The grateful perfumed powder abir or rand y is composed either of rice, flour, mango bark or deodar wood, camphor and aniseed, or of sandalwood or wood aloes, and zerumbet, zedoary, rose flowers, camphor and civet.
It formerly abounded in sandalwood, and consists of a central plateau surrounded by a belt of cultivation.
Besides these are the sandalwood, Santalum, of southern India, and many sorts of bamboo found in all parts of the country.
Most of the native grasses are too coarse for grazing, and some of 1 The Chinese name for the Hawaiian Islands means " Sandalwood Islands."
Products containing herbal extracts and essential oils of chamomile, lavender and sandalwood will often help soothe dry eczema.