SPECIAL SECTION: TREATING MALARIA and PARASITE DISORDERS with NATURAL MEDICINE

Myrrh has been used as a medicinal herb for thousands of years. It is mentioned several times in the Bible, in writings as old as Psalms and the Song of Solomon, and of course it is well known as one of the three gifts that the Magi brought to Jesus Christ.' Despite this ancient record of use, clinical trials on mjTrh were lacking until recently when a group of Egyptian scientists examined its value in the treatment of fascioliasis (liver fluke).^ Since then, a numher of other clinical studies have been published that suggest the clinical use of myrrh represents a significant advance in the herbal treatment of parasites. What is particularly interesting is that myrrh seems to he active against parasites that infest deeper in the hody than the gut, such as in the liver and bladder {the latter in the case of sehistosomiasis).