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Sacred Smudge Kit

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Vetiver roots, loban resin tears and pure camphor, the Indian alternative to sage smudging

CategoryWellness Kits
MOQFrom 1 carton (12–24 kits)
Contents4 items — vetiver roots, loban tears, camphor crystals, guide card
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About This Product

White sage smudging is a large retail category in North America and Europe, and it is under growing pressure: white sage is a wild-harvested plant, and its use as a commercial product is contested by the Indigenous communities it comes from. Retailers are actively looking for alternatives. This kit is one that comes from a living Indian tradition with its own materials. The Sacred Smudge Kit holds the three materials Indian households use to clear and freshen a space. Loban, frankincense resin from the Boswellia tree, is burnt on charcoal or a heated plate and gives a dense, resinous smoke. Pure camphor burns with a bright, clean flame and a sharp, cooling scent. Vetiver roots, called khus in Hindi, bring an earthy, green base and can be burnt, bundled or simply left in a bowl. Each sits in a labelled sealed pouch in a copper tin with a brass dhuni and rising smoke on the lid, with no deity imagery. For the buyer, the value is a clear replacement story. The kit fills the same shelf space and the same customer need as a sage bundle, and the counter conversation is easy: these are the materials India has used for space-clearing for centuries. Loban and camphor are both materials we supply in volume, so the core of the kit has stable supply and consistent grading. The guide card explains how to burn each material safely, including a heat-proof dish and ventilation. Target channels are crystal and metaphysical stores, yoga studios, natural-living shops and online sellers who currently list sage. Available for private label with custom packaging. MOQ on request.

Specifications

ParameterValue
Net WeightComplete kit (3 sealed pouches + guide card)
Unit Count4 items — vetiver roots, loban tears, camphor crystals, guide card
PackagingPolished copper tin with dhuni-art lid, 3-bay fitted tray

What’s Inside — 4 Items

Vetiver (Khus) Roots — sealed pouch
Loban Resin Tears — sealed pouch
Pure Camphor Crystals — sealed pouch
Space-Clearing Guide Card
Loban is not a manufactured product. It is a tear-drop of dried resin from the Boswellia tree, hand-harvested from scrubby trees in some of the driest country on earth, the same way it has been gathered since Egyptian times. Synthetic frankincense oils exist; nothing has replaced the resin itself.
— From The Chaitanya Grantha, Vol 1: Sacred Smoke Guide
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