What should be in your grocery basket: A Highlight on Agarbattis

Making the Right Selection of Groceries

The entire process of online grocery shopping has been simplified down the years. Today it is possible for you to book your selected grocery products online and ask for a delivery at a time suitable to you while making payment in a mode of your choice. The range of products includes green tea for weight loss and chocolates that are irresistible for the young and old alike. One can buy fruits and vegetables that have the right amount of fiber, folic acid and various vitamins and minerals necessary for good health.

Points such as these have to be borne in mind when you are shopping online.

Today’s ecommerce websites are highly interactive and intuitive. It is now possible for you to shop in any among diverse modes that include the web or with the help of a mobile application. As a matter of fact, there are leading online grocery stores where you can place an order using just one phone call. However, it is naturally most critical that the right kind of products is in your grocery basket. So in spite of multiple options, grocery shopping requires discretion while making the shopping list. Selecting household products is one area where one needs to pick the right choices.

Select the Household Products

There are several household products that almost all the Indian houses, irrespective of their region of location, must have. So for the households having a vehicle would need car care products such as the car freshener, besides detergents and cleaning accessories. For the darling pet in the house the need will be to have pet care products.

A hindu household would invariably require items meeting the puja needs. Among the puja needs there are different types of perfumed agarbattis and dhoop. Some of these include Deluxe Small Dhoop in 20 sticks, Shakti Camphor and Zed Black Turbo Agarbatti besides Haridarshan Sandal Agarbatti, Cycle Agarbatti Rhythm Orient and Cycle Bansuri Agarbatti among other perfumed agarbattis.

Although millions of Indians use incense, dhoop and agarbatti, many of us do not know of their benefits. Here we shall dig a little deep into everything that makes agarbattis all so important.

The Many Medicinal Benefits of Agarbatti, Incense and Dhoop

Several types of essential oils and resins besides aromatic chemicals and gums are used in making the traditional Indian agarbatti and other incense. Quite often some biotic materials like the leaves, barks and seeds, flowers or roots and even charcoal are used as well. Each of these incense sticks and powders has its own medicinal properties. The aroma from different kinds of incense when absorbed by the olfactory nerves leads to the generation of an impulse in the brain. This impulse may influence our perceptions, nervous systems, hormones and emotions. The unique property of these incenses has been arrived at over thousands of years in order to bring about the treatment of different diseases while purifying the environment in which these are used.

• Some of these incenses include Frankincense that is found to be very beneficial in the treatment of arthritis as well as for rendering help to the digestive system. Frankincense is also well known for its anti-insect properties while it has also found use in the treatment of depression and cancer.

• Myrrh of biblical fame has found use over thousands of years for the treatment of the heart, spleen and liver. It is also used for clearing stagnant blood from the uterus. It also finds use in the treatment of arthritis and rheumatic disorders.

Essentially agarbattis and dhoop or incense sticks are all good for your home and its environment. When you are shopping online, this is one product that must be in your basket, as would you have the wheat, pulses, vegetables, spices, fruits, detergents etc to make the house work in order.