Myrrh is flat in nature, pungent and bitter in flavor, with the effects of dispersing blood stasis and resolving pain, subduing swelling and promoting muscle growth.
Myrrh is a blood-activating and pain-relieving medicine, first published in the Treatise on the Nature of Medicines. It is the dried resin of the tree Dictyostelium or Hederacanthus of the olive family. It is flat in nature, pungent and bitter in flavor, and belongs to the heart, liver and spleen meridians. It has the effect of dispersing blood stasis and resolving pain, subduing swelling and promoting muscle growth. Note that this drug should be used with caution in pregnant women and those with weak stomachs.
It is often used in the treatment of chest paralysis and heart pain, stomach and epigastric pain, dysmenorrhea and menstrual cramps, postpartum stasis, abdominal pain in the abdomen (abdominal pain caused by lumps in the lower abdomen), rheumatism and paralysis, bruises, carbuncles and swellings (symptoms of localized swellings caused by congestion of qi and blood due to evils and poisons), and sores and ulcers (suppurative diseases of the surface of the body caused by various disease-causing factors that invade the body).
It is recommended to standardize the application under the guidance of a professional doctor to identify the evidence, and not blindly self-medication, so as not to cause damage to the organism.