The Egyptians mummified their dead with it. It treats coughs, gum disease, wounds, candida, overactive thyroid and scanty menstruation. Myrrh is an expensive treatment for chapped, cracked or aged skin, eczema, bruises, infection, varicose veins and ringworm. Myrrh has been used since antiquity to inspire prayer and meditation, and to fortify and revitalize the spirit. Lumps that exude from the root and stems are steam-distilled after hardening.
Opopanax gives liquor a winelike taste and is a fixative.
The herb that bears the name Opopanax chironium is a Sudanese and Arabian plant similar to parsnips, and isn't made into oil. In Central and South America, where it has been used for centuries as incense , the Catholic church uses it in place of myrrh, and herb vendors sell it in almost every market. Feline named Myrrh, black coat, owned and kept by Jade. Currently residing in Vancouver, Washington.