选灰选择好的香灰装入炉中，香灰可用松针、柏叶、荷叶等煅烧而成，也可选择传统香焚烧获得的香灰。香养用好香养护，新炉第一次使用要尽量多装一些好香。点燃香后盖上炉盖，使炉温增高，香气慢慢浸入炉体并化于炉外。盘香养护盘香又称环香，螺旋形绕的熏香，也是指香品的一种形状。一般而言，盘香有大小粗细的分别。大盘香制作较粗，可以垂直挂起燃烧，或用香架支托在香炉内熏烧。将沉香、檀香塔香点燃后放入铜炉中，无需香灰铺底，养炉效果更佳！埋炭煨炉法，此法是清代以来文人养炉最主要的方法，将香炭放入铜炉内，充分燃烧，利用炭火闷烧，以热促进锈化。因为是闷烧, 往往一次可达三四小时，养出的皮壳变化也会比较快。此法虽然麻烦些, 但皮色也是最光润明亮的，因此不管之前采用任何养护方法后都会以此法进行修润。香炉、香具要经常擦拭，保持洁净以增加美感，炉面上灰尘也会吸附香炉的灵气与光泽。所以无论哪种材质的香具，保持洁净是十分重要的。 铜炉移动要轻拿轻放，以免碰撞损伤。炉具表面要防止酸性、碱性物质的损伤，不论哪种材质的炉具被酸碱性物质侵害后都会造成不可挽回的损失。不常用的炉具要放干燥通风架上。
Choose a good choice of ash into the furnace, ash can be burned pine needles, cypress leaves, lotus leaves, etc., can also choose the traditional incense burning ash. The fragrant plant is used to maintain good fragrance, and the new stove should be loaded with some fragrant as far as possible. After burning the incense, cover the stove lid, so that the furnace temperature will increase, and the aroma will gradually immerse into the furnace and be removed outside the furnace. The incense is also known as the ring incense, the spiral wound incense, also refers to the shape of the fragrance. Generally speaking, the size of the incense sticks is different. It can be produced vertically and hung up or incense burning in a censer. After burning the incense and sandalwood incense, put it into a copper stove without any need for ash. Buried charcoal stove method, this method is the most important method of literati furnace since the Qing Dynasty, the perfume into the copper furnace, full combustion, use of charcoal fire smoldering, heat to promote rust. Because it is smouldering, it often reaches three or four hours at a time, and the change of husk will be faster. Although this method is more troublesome, but the skin color is also the most smooth and bright, so regardless of the previous use of any maintenance method will be used to moisten this method. The incense burner, perfume and utensils should be wiped regularly to keep clean to increase aesthetic feeling. The dust on the furnace surface will also absorb the inspiration and luster of the incense burner. Therefore, it is very important to maintain the cleanliness of any material. Copper furnace movement should be handled gently to avoid collision damage. Furnace surface to prevent acid, alkaline material damage, no matter what kind of material furnace by acid and alkaline material will cause irreparable damage. The stove that is not commonly used should be put on dry ventilating rack.