Palo santo (“Sacred Wood”) is a natural resinous wood that the indigenous people of the Andes use for ritual purification and cleansing. Natives in highland Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia use it to dispel “mala energía” (bad energy) which covers not only notions such as bad luck and malevolent forces but also clinical disease. Widely used in folk medicine as well to soothe stomach ache & treat rheumatism. It has a pleasant vanilla aroma with underlying notes of frankincense.
