How Do You Smoke Esfand?

How To Use It. To burn Esfand, you simply need an aluminium foil or a metallic container for hot coals and then you need to put these tiny seeds on them. The modern electronic types of Esfand seed burners make it easier to burn this aromatic herb. Sprinkling Espand seeds on hot coals make an exciting popping sound.

How do you use Esfand?

 The idea is to burn Esfand seeds during which time the seeds make a popping sound, then the smoke that comes from the burning seeds must be circled around one's head and home. The smoke and the popping sound are said to take away the evil. The whole concept of the evil eye is something that many cultures believe it.

What is Esfand in Persian?

Esfand (Persian: اسفند, Persian pronunciation: [esˈfænd]) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Esfand has twenty-nine days normally, and thirty during leap years. It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar.