Myrrh, Common

In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacy" title="Pharmacy">pharmacy</a>, myrrh is used as an antiseptic in mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh#cite_note-11">[11]</a> for prevention and treatment of gum disease.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Myrrh is currently used in some liniments and healing salves that may be applied to abrasions and other minor skin ailments. Myrrh has also been recommended as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic" title="Analgesic">analgesic</a> for toothaches, and can be used in liniment for bruises, aches, and sprains.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh#cite_note-trieste-13">[13]</a>

Myrrh is a common ingredient of tooth powders. Myrrh and borax in tincture can be used as a mouth-wash. A compound tincture, or horse tincture, using myrrh is used in veterinary practice for healing wounds. Meetiga, the trade-name of Arabian Myrrh, is more brittle and gummy than that of the Somalian variety and does not have the latter's white markings. Liquid Myrrh, or Stacte, spoken of by Pliny, also an ingredient of Jewish holy incense, was formerly obtainable and greatly valued but cannot now be identified in today markets. Myrrh gum is used for indigestion, ulcers, colds, cough, asthma, lung congestion, arthritis pain, and cancer.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh#cite_note-faraj-14">[14]</a>

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<dd>"As part of a larger search for anticancer compounds from plants, the researchers obtained extracts from a particular species of myrrh plant (Commiphora myrrha) and tested it against a human breast tumor cell line (MCF-7) known to be resistant to anticancer drugs. Research data indicated that the extract killed all of the cancer cells in laboratory dishes.".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh#cite_note-15">[15]</a></dd>

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