It’s a myrrh-acle! A bargain-bin Mary-and-Jesus print is dripping with divine drama in Honolulu — and believers swear it’s more than just sticky. The $20 image, reportedly rescued from a Toronto ...

Myrrh is a gum-resin obtained from several small, thorny tree species belonging to the Commiphora genus. Myrrh resin has been used and valued since ancient times for its medicinal, cosmetic, aromatic ...

Thousands of dollars worth of religious artwork, called icons, line the walls of St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church in Post Falls. But it was a $20 mass-produced picture of the Virgin ...

During the season of giving, no holiday gifts are more traditional than frankincense and myrrh. A Vermont-based company produces essential oils made from both and, in turn, provides its African ...

Usually Christmas is the only time of year your hear about two very ancient herbs -- frankincense and myrrh. Both frankincense and myrrh are derived from the gummy sap that oozes out of the Boswellia ...

The holidays are a popular time for gold, frankincense and myrrh. As resin extracted from trees or shrubs, both frankincense and myrrh — known for their biblical reference — are valued for their ...

Laboratory experiments suggest that the resin of certain trees of the Middle East, known commonly as the "myrrh" of the Christmas story, may have cholesterol-lowering properties. Laboratory ...

A Christmas tradition that can be traced back to the story of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is the exchange of gifts. The Bible records that wise men took him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold ...

Some say a herbal drug called guggul made from myrrh tree resin contains substances which could be good for cholesterol levels. But a study shows that guggul raises the bad form of cholesterol by up ...