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Now Price: $4.09Manufacturer: essentialdepot.com
Sold by weight. Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha), gum pieces, Somalia. Myrrh trees produce a fragrant, pale yellow to brown resin that seeps out of splits in the bark and hardens into reddish-brown globules called 'tears', about the size of a walnut. For thousands of years, these tears have been collected and placed over coals to produce a fragrant smoke. The surface of the gum is rough and powdered, the pieces brittle, semi-transparent, and oily. They have a granular fracture and sometimes show white marks. The odor is pleasant, but the taste is bitter and acrid. Myrrh trees contain volatile oil, resin called "myrrhin", gum, ash, salts, sulphates, benzoates, malates, and acetates of potassa. The anti-infectious, bacteriostatic, and antiseptic properties of Myrrh make it especially effective in treating digestion by acting quickly and directly on the peptic glands to increase activity, and on infection, and vaginitis. It has been known to effectively treat chronic catarrh, pulmonalis, and amenorrhea. It is an expectorant, in the absence of feverish symptoms, and a stimulant and antiseptic to the mucous tissues. As a stomachic carminative, it excites appetite and the flow of gastric juice. The volatile oil contained in Myrrh is ideal for opening up congestion and mucous clogging passages. The circulation is increased by stimulation of the capillary activity, and it promotes absorption of nutrients and increases the number of white blood cells. Myrrh is also excellent as
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