Myrrh has a rich, smokey, balsamic aroma that is purifying, restorative, revitalizing, and uplifting. It is a helpful aid to meditation, having one of the highest levels of sesquiterpenes available. Sesquiterpenes are a class of compounds that have a direct effect on the hypothalamus, pituitary, and amygdala, the seat of our emotions. Today, myrrh is widely used in oral hygiene products.
Obviously, I added Myrrh to my twelve oils of Christmas because it was given to Baby Jesus, at his birth, by the Magi (along with Frankincense and Gold). So, Myrrh and Frankincense were considered luxury items used by the wealthy and highly regarded next to gold.
Myrrh is also highly regarded for its effect on the skin. Since the Egyptians it has been used to maintain healthy skin, prevent skin aging and sooth chapped or cracked skin. It is great in a homemade face lotion combined with coconut oil, shea butter, frankincense, and lavender!
You can use Myrrh as a dietary supplement by putting two drops in a capsule and taking it as needed. You can also apply 2-4 drops (undiluted) to desired area. You can also diffuse it as desired!
Myrrh was combined with wine as an analgesic offered to Jesus on the cross:
"Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it."
Mark 15:23
Myrrh was combined with wine as an analgesic offered to Jesus on the cross:
"Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it."
Mark 15:23
So I encourage you, during this Christmas season, to not only remember Jesus' birth, but why he was born. He was born to live like us and then die like us, so that he could be a fair and just High Priest:
"Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Hebrews 10:19-25
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