Myrrh Essential Oil

Description

Myrrh Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Commiphora myrrha | Origin: Ethiopia | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

The oil is a pale yellow to dark amber oily liquid with a warm, sweet-balsamic, slightly spicy-medicinal odor. It blends well with frankincense, sandalwood, benzoin, oakmoss, cypress, juniper berry, mandarin, geranium, patchouli, thyme, mints, lavender, pine and spices.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• heerabolene
• limonene
• dipentene
• pinene
• eugenol
• cinnamaldehyde
• cuminaldehyde
• cadinene

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General Actions:

Anticatarrhal, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, astringent, balsamic, carminative, cicatrizant, emmenagogue, expectorant, fungicidal, neurological, revitalizing, sedative, stimulant (digestive, pulmonary), stomachic, tonic, uterine, vulnerary.

Safety:

Non-irritant, non-sensitizing, possibly toxic in high concentration.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Athlete’s foot, chapped and cracked skin, hemorrhoids, piles, irritated and inflamed skin, mouth and gum infections, ringworm, toothache, teething pain, wounds bronchitis, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, pruritis.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Cuts/sores, eczema, wrinkles, mature skin, arthritis, asthma, catarrh, chronic coughs, coughs, laryngitis, hoarseness, sore throat, throat infections, indigestion, flatulence, loss of appetite, thrush, candida.

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