This herb is still popular in Ayurvedic medicine and has recently been shown to have analgesic properties. In the past it was used as a tonic and to color herbal tinctures. Handspinners dye wool with it, and it can color soap. 

This wood is devoted to both Venus and Jupiter (although some will even designate it Mars due to its red color even though it has no heat). Along with benzoin and rose, it is the perfume associated with Netzach in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Some like to use it as an incense for trancework or meditation.

You can mix it with frankincense, dragon's blood, cinammon, a little red wine, and the dried flowers of the season to make an incense to honour Imbolc.