Astringent myrrh

Myrrh has antimicrobial, astringent, carminative, expectorant, anticatarrhal, antiseptic, and vulnerary properties. Traditionally, it has been used for aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis, respiratory catarrh, common cold, furunculosis, wounds and abrasions, and specifically for mouth ulcers, gingivitis, and pharyngitis. 

Nees) Engl (Myrrh) (Somali) problems, body wounds, boils and excessive menstraal bleeding. It is also used to kill ticks responsible for East Coast Fever in cattle. Myrih is used as insense for ceremonial and religious purposes, it is used in toothpastes, in the perfume industry, as a carminative, astringent and mouth gargle (35, 51, 55)... 

Furanoeudesmanes such as (-)-fiiranoeudesma-1,3-diene, furanoeudesma-l,4-dien-6-one and furanoeudesma-l,4(15)-diene, known as (-)-lindestrene, belong to the sweetish balsamic-smelling constituents of the yellowish red gum-resin myrrh, used as a carminative and astringent and obtained from Commiphora species (e.g. Commiphora abyssinica, C. molmol, Burseraceae) Tubipofuran, a diastereomer of... 

Oleo-gum-resin exudes from incisions made in bark of myrrh trees (family Burseraceae) in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula— Commiphora molmol—and India—C. mukul— where it is known as guggul. The main constituents are resin 25-40%, gum 60%, volatile oil 2.5-8% along with a bitter principle. Its actions are antiseptic, antimicrobial, astringent and stimulant. 

Myrrh is used mainly as an astringent in certain mouthwashes and gargles. 

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