Padauk Heartwood Chips

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Moves qi and relieves pain ... this narrower aromatic wood lane is used for focal chest or abdominal discomfort when stagnation and cold are part of the presentation.
• Warms the middle and opens constrained movement ... traditional handling leans more toward aromatic wood shavings and chips than toward dense carved heartwood blocks.
• Represents a small trade-form lane within padauk and red-sandalwood commerce ... it is better understood as a specialty aromatic medicament than as a core mainstream Chinese herb.

Secondary Actions

• This page should stay distinct from the paired `wood-of-burmacoast-padauk-2` record ... both use Pterocarpus indicus in the local illustration and import workflow, but this lane preserves the more aromatic chip-and-shaving identity.
• English-language nomenclature around `Zi Tan Xiang` is not fully standardized, and some sources use the name for related red-sandalwood woods, so authenticated supply matters.

Classic Formulas

• Modified qi-stagnation and cold-pain prescriptions ... traditional use is more often as a supporting aromatic wood than as the sovereign herb of a famous formula.
• Combinations with Mu Xiang, Xiang Fu, or Yan Hu Suo ... common logic when pain reflects stagnation and impaired movement rather than deficiency alone.
• Small patent and regional dispensing traditions using fragrant heartwood chips ... reflecting a narrower trade lane than the better-known mainstream aromatic woods.

Classical References

• Modern Chinese and regional materia medica references describe Zi Tan Xiang as an aromatic warming wood used to regulate qi, warm the middle, and relieve pain.
• The present record is intentionally conservative because wood nomenclature in commerce can blur aromatic red-sandalwood and padauk identities.