Incense or essential oils

In general what is right for “you” to use is what your body needs in Chinese Medicine terms (i.e. what your imbalances at this point in time are) - this is true for herbs, essential oils, points, formulas, etc. - see “treating the cause vs. the symptoms” for a general introduction to TCM pattern differentiation.

Now incense would matter what it is made from, but in general that would far less dynamic in nature than essential oils. There has been some work that has tried to work essential oils into the TCM diagnostic framework - one that I recommend is “”. I would suggest you read that book to understand how essential oils work into TCM. At some point we may add a section with some basics regarding essential oils, but that would be a ways off at this point.