In China, Japan and India, agarwood has been used as sedative, analgesic and digestive remedy while in traditional Malay medicine it has been used as tonic, stimulant and carminative agent after childbirth. In Indonesia, agarwood has been reported to be used as treatment for joint pain by exposing the pain area to the wood smoke [12]. In Philippines, agarwood has been used to stop wound bleeding, treat skin disease and as substitute of quinine for malaria treatment. Meanwhile, in Japan and Korea, agarwood was described as ingredient for stomachic and sedative agent as well as remedy to treat cough, asthma, acroparalysis and croup.
