Myrrh ni resin, cyangwa sap-ibintu bisa, biva kuriCommiphora myrrhagiti, gisanzwe muri Afurika no mu burasirazuba bwo hagati. Nimwe mumavuta akoreshwa cyane kwisi.
Igiti cya myrrh kiratandukanye kubera indabyo zacyo zera nigiti cyiziritse. Rimwe na rimwe, igiti gifite amababi make cyane bitewe nubutayu bwumutse aho bukura. Irashobora rimwe na rimwe gufata imiterere idasanzwe kandi igoramye bitewe nikirere kibi n'umuyaga.
Kugirango dusarure mira, ibiti by'igiti bigomba gutemwa kugirango birekure ibisigazwa. Ibisigarira byemewe gukama kandi bitangira kumera nkamarira kuruhande rwigiti. Ibisigarira noneho byegeranijwe, hanyuma amavuta yingenzi akozwe mumasupu binyuze mumashanyarazi.
Amavuta ya Myrrh afite umwotsi, uryoshye cyangwa rimwe na rimwe impumuro nziza. Ijambo myrrh rikomoka ku ijambo ry'icyarabu “murr,” risobanura umururazi.
Amavuta ni ibara ry'umuhondo, orange rifite ibara ryinshi. Bikunze gukoreshwa nkibishingwe bya parufe nizindi mpumuro nziza.
Ibintu bibiri byibanze bikora biboneka muri myrrh, terpenoide na sesquiterpène, byombibigira ingaruka zo kurwanya inflammatory na antioxydeant. Sesquiterpenes nayo igira ingaruka kumyumvire yacu muri hypothalamus,kudufasha gukomeza gutuza no gushyira mu gaciro.
Izi nteruro zombi zirimo gukurikiranwa kubera inyungu za anticancer hamwe na antibacterial, hamwe nubundi buryo bwo kuvura.