INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Myrrh    
Resina Commiphorae  
Common English: Myrrh
Commiphora
Herbs that Regulate Blood: Herbs that Invigorate Blood
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Neutral
Heart
Liver
Spleen
3-12g
Large doses: up to 15g
Tincture: 1-3ml
Essential Oil: 2 drops in a gel cap with olive oil
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, alleviates pain and reduces swelling

Blood Stasis with pain from trauma, sores, carbuncles, swellings, fixed abdominal masses, painful obstruction, chest pain, abdominal pain and amenorrhea

Generates flesh and promotes healing

Chronic non-healing sores

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • Contraindicated in the absence of Stasis.
  • Contraindicated for those with excessive uterine bleeding.
  • Contraindicated for those with excessive loss of postpartum lochia with abdominal pain due to Deficiency.
  • Use with caution for those with weak Stomachs.
  • Do not use long term.
  • When combined with Olibanum Ru Xiang, lower the dosage.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo
Faeces Trogopterori
Wu Ling Zhi
Rz. Cyperi
Xiang Fu

Flos Carthami
Hong Hua

Pheretima/Lumbricus
Di Long
Rx. Aconiti
Zhi Chuan Wu

 

Qi and Blood Obstruction causing epigastric and abdominal pain.

Chest and abdominal pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Stasis.

Wind-Stroke with spasms and rigidity.

Wind-Damp-Cold-Bi.

Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae
Niu Xi

Olibanum
Ru Xiang

Olibanum
Ru Xiang

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Rz. Chuanxiong
Chuan Xiong
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua
Rx. Cyathulae
Chuan Niu Xi

or

Olibanum
Ru Xiang

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Rz. Chuanxiong
Chuan Xiong
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae
Niu Xi

Flank pain due to acute sprain.

Disseminates and unblocks the organs and dredges the channels and collaterals to treat epigastric, flank, abdominal and joint pain.

Abdominal pain during menstruation and irregular menstruation.

Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with numbness throughout the body and unresponsive extremities.

Swollen, painful sores and sores that are hard but not painful.

Topically as a powder for skin lesions and ulcerations.

Traumatic injuries with bruising.

Olibanum
Ru Xiang

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Sm. Persicae
Tao Ren
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua
Rz. Chuanxiong
Chuan Xiong
Rz. Sparganii
San Leng
Rz. Curcumae
E Zhu
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo
Hirudo
Shui Zhi
Tabanus
Meng Chong
Rz. et Rz Rhei
Da Huang

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua
Rz. Chuanxiong
Chuan Xiong
Rz. Zingiberis Preparatum
Pao Jiang
Hb. Leonuri
Yi Mu Cao

Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii
Qiang Huo
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis
Du Huo
Rx. Saposhnikoviae
Fang Feng
Hb. Taxilli
Sang Ji Sheng
Rx. Clematidis
Wei Ling Xian
Hb. Asari
Xi Xin
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra
Chi Shao
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua

Abdominal masses with pain and dysmenorrhea.

Postpartum abdominal pain with spotting.

Bi syndrome.

Flos Lonicerae
Jin Yin Hua
Fr. Forsythiae
Lian Qiao
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra
Chi Shao
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua
Rx. Saposhnikoviae
Fang Feng
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae
Bai Zhi
Extremitas Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui Wei
Squama Manitis
Chuan Shan Jia
Sp. Gleditsiae
Zao Jiao Ci

 

 

Redness and swelling of sores.

 

 

  1. This herb is the resin from the stem and was applied to corpses in ancient Egypt as a preservative.
  2. This herb acts as an astringent when applied to the lips.
  3. This herb is primarily used for severe pain from Blood Stasis.
  4. One source says that this herb regulates Qi.
  5. Both Mo Yao and Olibanum Ru Xiang invigorate the Blood, disperse Stasis, stop pain, reduce swelling and generate flesh. Ru Xiang is warm, piercingly aromatic, powerfully stops pain, acts more on Qi, more powerfully invigorates the Blood and relaxes the sinews. Mo Yao is neutral, bitter, powerfully breaks up Stagnation, drains, disperses Blood and acts more on the Blood.
  6. Unprepared Myrrh Shen Mo Yao is generally used externally or in pill form.
  7. Prepared Myrrh Zhi Mo Yao has a less disagreeable effect on digestion, tastes better, is stronger at invigorating Blood , stopping pain, restraining and inhibiting and generating flesh.