Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao 没药

Mo Yao (TCM)
Bola (Ayurveda)
Mur (Unani)
Gu gul nag po  གུ་གུལ་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)
Myrrh tree and gum
Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890
Botanical name:
Commiphora myrrha (syn. C. molmol)
Derived from various sources, the Arabian and Ethiopian were most used
The Arabian Myrrh or Abyssinian Myrrh is derived from C. abyssinica (syn. C. habessinica)

Parts used:
Gum

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Aromatic

Classifications:
2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.    2F. PURIFYING.    2G. CLEANSING.    2K. RESOLVENT
2S. STRENGTHENING.    2T. GLUTINATE.    2W. SARCOTIC.    2X. INCARNATIVE
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.    3M. ARTHRITICS.    3Q. ANTHELMINTIC
4d. PECTORAL.    4i. UTERINE.    4j. NERVINE.    4k. ARTHRITIC

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-pain from obstructed blood of the flesh, organs, muscles and joints
-Headache, Migraine, pain from Trauma, all with fixed, sharp, stabbing-type pain

2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:
-obstructions of the Uterus; Amenorrhea, Dysmenorreha with clotting

3. Clears Cold Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-clears the Lungs, chronic Coughs, Pleurisy

4. Clears Cold Phlegm of the Stomach:
-clears Mucilage from the Stomach, Colic
-stops Fluxes

5. Resists Poison:
-prevents contagion during Epidemics; regularly used in Antidotes

6. Kills Worms:

7. Externally:
-externally for St. Anthony’s Fire, Gangrene, Tumors, old Ulcers, green Wounds (especially of the Head)
-held in the mouth for hoarseness
-chewed and the juice swallowed for stinking Breath

Main Combinations:
Aloe & Myrrh
Myrrh & Frankincense

1. Bruising, Blood stagnation:
i. Myrrh with Saffron
ii. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
iv. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
2. To promote Menstruation:
i. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
3. To promote Labor:
i. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
4. Asthma, and to promote Menstruation, Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
5. Cold and dry Cough, Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
6. Chest obstruction (Heart and Lung) Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
7. Head wounds; Myrrh  ... available in PRO version
8. Arthritis and Joint diseases:
i. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
9. To prevent infection during Epidemics, Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
10. Liver Heat and obstruction, Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
11. Liver hardness, Fibroid Tumors, Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
12. Poor memory:
i. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Myrrh with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes
Troches of Myrrh (Rhasis)
Theriac of Four Ingredients (Diatessaron)
Pills for Joint Disease
Powder of Gum Lacca Lesser (Dialacca Minor) (Mesue)
Powder to Promote Menstruation (Rondeletius)
Powder to Move Blood (Wirtzung)
Powder for Bruising Lesser
Electuary of Saffron Lesser (Diacrocon Minus) (Mesue)
Antidotus Acharistos Altera
Birth Powder

Xi Huang Wan
Feng Shi Ma Qian Pian


Cautions:
1. Not used during pregnancy
2. Heavy and hard of digestion
3. Not used for pain associated with Blood deficiency
4. Overuse dries the Yin and lessens Seed

Main Preparations used:
Prepared Myrrh (washed with a juice, infusion, decoction or Wine, then dry gently), Extract, Oil, Liquor, Tincture of Myrrh