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Queen Myrrh
Updated: Oct 7, 2023
Queen Myrrh stands regally next to King Frankincense for good reason. Long coveted for her skin care benefits along with many other uses. Like Frankincense (Boswellia), the dried sap is harvested from the tree Commiphora common to Somalia and Ethiopia. Both trees are found in the botanical family Burseruceae commonly known in ancient texts as "the Incense Tree."
In the Bible, Queen Ester was given oil of myrrh treatments for six months before six more months of treatments with perfumes and cosmetics. (Ester 2:12) Others in the ancient world also valued myrrh, often equivalent to the price of gold.
Dioscorides speaks of myrrh in his De Materia Medica [1.24] as part of Kuphi (Cyphi) a perfume Egyptian priests used for their gods. He also mentions it as being mixed with other antidotes and given in drinks to relieve asthmatic conditions.
Pliny the Elder writes in the Natural History [12.33.15] that the Sabaei cross the sea to get myrrh in the country of the Troglodytae, a people which Herodotus also speaks of in his Histories [4.183] as being extremely swift runners who ate serpents, lizards and other like reptiles, with speech that sounds like the "screeching of bats."
Trivia set aside, myrrh essential oil is a serious defender when it comes to a range of maladies and health promoting efforts. Myrrh is used in oral care, skin care, nail care, moisturizing and diffusing.
Essential oils should almost never be used "neat" which means without diluting. Diluting them does not weaken them, but rather makes them work better. doTERRA's Myrrh Touch is prediluted so that a touch of myrrh can be enjoyed any time and any place.
Essential oils are extremely safe when used properly, but there are clear Safety guidelines to follow, and always check to be sure that sensitivity is not a problem with a new oil.
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