Myrrh

==Attributed medicinal properties==
[[Image:Balsamodendron ehrenbergianum00.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Commiphora gileadensis]]'' (listed as "Balsamodendron ehrenbergianum")]]
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[[File:An old bottle of Tincture of Myrrh.jpg|thumb|An old bottle of Tincture of Myrrh]]

In [[pharmacology]], myrrh has been used as an antiseptic in mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930043102/http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17990 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-30 |title=Species Information |publisher=www.worldagroforestrycentre.org |access-date=2009-01-15 }}</ref> It has also been used in liniments and salves applied to abrasions and other minor skin ailments. Myrrh has been used as an [[analgesic]] for toothache pain and in liniments applied to bruises, aching muscles, and sprains.<ref name="trieste">{{cite web|url=http://www.ics.trieste.it/MAPs/MedicinalPlants_Plant.aspx?id=599|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110809204252/http://www.ics.trieste.it/MAPs/MedicinalPlants_Plant.aspx?id=599|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-09|title=ICS-UNIDO – MAPs|publisher=www.ics.trieste.it|access-date=2009-01-16}}</ref>

Myrrh gum has often been claimed to reduce the symptoms of indigestion, ulcers, colds, cough, asthma, respiratory congestion, arthritis, and cancer, although more good scientific evidence is needed to support these uses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Myrrh - Uses, Side Effects, and More |url=https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-570/myrrh |access-date=2024-02-22 |publisher=WebMD: Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Consumer Version}}</ref><ref name="faraj">{{Cite journal|pmid=15814041|year=2005|last1=Al Faraj|first1=S|title=Antagonism of the anticoagulant effect of warfarin caused by the use of Commiphora molmol as a herbal medication: A case report|volume=99|issue=2|pages=219–20|doi=10.1179/136485905X17434|journal=Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology|s2cid=2097777}}</ref> There is evidence to suggest certain compounds in myrrh interact with [[Opioid|central opioid pathways]] in the brain.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dolara |first=Piero |date=1996-01-04 |title=Analgesic effects of myrrh |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/379029a0.pdf |journal=Nature |volume=379 |issue=6560 |pages=29|doi=10.1038/379029a0 |pmid=8538737 |bibcode=1996Natur.379...29D }}</ref>