Myrrh (Murru)

About Myrrh (Murru)

Myrrh (Murru) (Commiphora myrrha) is a herb used in the Ancient Babylonian Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Oral Health, Inflammation, and Infection, among 1 other condition it addresses. The resin is the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.

Botanical background

Commiphora myrrha, called myrrh, African myrrh, herabol myrrh, Somali myrrhor, common myrrh, is a tree in the family Burseraceae. It is one of the primary trees used in the production of myrrh, a resin made from dried tree sap. The tree is native to the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Yemen) and to Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Northeast Kenya). It is called 'mur' (المر) in Arabic, meaning bitter. It famously comes from Mecca, so it is called 'Mur

Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist

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