"Agarwood is said to calm the nervous system, expel negative energies, bring alertness, relieve anxiety, invoke a sense of strength and peace and enhance cerebral functioning" - Wellbeing.com.au
The wood is also used in making mala chanting beads to be worn around necks (108 mala beads) and wrists (13 or 14 beads). Buddhist usually hold mala when reciting the scripture.