✨ Worth Its Weight in Gold: Myrrh’s Life-Moving Ability to Clear Stagnation and Restore Life’s Flow

A physician came to see me not long ago — a brilliant, compassionate doctor who kept finding herself stuck in a cycle of getting sick. She’d recover… then get sick again. And again. Nothing seemed to fully shift. Her words were, “I just feel stuck — like something isn’t moving.”

As we talked, it became clear that her body wasn’t the only thing feeling stagnant — her energy, emotions, and overall vitality were feeling weighed down too. And as a Chinese herbalist herself, she knew the concept well:where there is stagnation, there is struggle.

I gently reminded her of one of the most revered herbs in her own tradition — Mo Yao (Myrrh) — the resin famous enough to be gifted by kings, and powerful enough to be worth its weight in gold.

In both Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern research, Myrrh is known for its life-moving, blood-invigorating, antimicrobial, and stagnation-clearing abilities — supporting the body in releasing what is hidden, heavy, or quietly disrupting vitality. It’s especially helpful when stealth pathogens or chronic stagnation keep us stuck in loops we don’t fully understand.

She began pulse-dosing Myrrh, and within weeks everything began to shift.Her resilience returned.Her energy rose.That “stuck” feeling — physical and emotional — began to move again.

This is the beauty of true blood-invigorating medicine: when blood flow improves, life flow improves.

Sometimes we don’t need more willpower or more exercise —we need help clearing what’s blocking us from feeling fully alive.

As we enter December, I’m reminded again why Myrrh was once considered a sacred treasure:

It restores movement where things have hardened, stagnated, or dimmed.

It helps us let go of what we’ve unknowingly carried.

It creates space for renewal.

Here’s to ending the year lighter, clearer, and back in the current of life. ✨