ʻO ka mura he resin, a i ʻole mea like me ke kohu, mai kaCommiphora myrrhalāʻau, maʻamau ma ʻApelika a me ka Hikina Waena. ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻaila nui i hoʻohana nui ʻia ma ka honua.
He ʻokoʻa ka lāʻau mura ma muli o kona mau pua keʻokeʻo a me kona ʻano puʻupuʻu. I kekahi manawa, liʻiliʻi nā lau o ka lāʻau ma muli o ke ʻano maloʻo o ka wao nahele kahi e ulu ai. Hiki ke ʻano ʻano ʻē a wili i kekahi manawa ma muli o ke ʻano ʻino a me ka makani.
I mea e ʻohi ai i ka mura, pono e ʻoki ʻia nā kumu lāʻau e hoʻokuʻu i ka resin. ʻAe ʻia ka resin e maloʻo a hoʻomaka e like me nā waimaka ma ke kumu lāʻau. ʻOhi ʻia ka resin, a hana ʻia ka ʻaila koʻikoʻi mai ke kohu ma o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka mahu.
ʻO ka ʻaila mura he ʻala, ʻono a ʻawaʻawa paha i kekahi manawa. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo mura mai ka huaʻōlelo Arab "murr," ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻawaʻawa.
ʻO ka ʻaila he melemele, ʻalani me kahi ʻano viscous. Hoʻohana maʻamau ia i kumu no ka ʻala a me nā mea ʻala ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa ʻia ʻelua mau pūhui hana mua i loko o ka mura, terpenoids a me sesquiterpenes, ʻo ia mau mea ʻelualoaʻa nā hopena anti-inflammatory a me nā antioxidant. He hopena koʻikoʻi ka Sesquiterpenes i ko mākou kikowaena naʻau i ka hypothalamus,kōkua iā mākou e noho mālie a kaulike.
Ke hoʻokolokolo ʻia nei kēia mau pūhui ʻelua no kā lākou anticancer a me nā pono antibacterial, a me nā hoʻohana lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.