Essential oil from the myrtle plant can treat the pain and bleeding caused by hemorrhoids, some research shows. It was even effective in people who didn’t respond to standard anti-hemorrhoid ...

Myrtle essential oil is especially prized, often applied together with other essential oils. It is actually possible to distill essential oils at home by steaming the leaves and directing the ...

Queensland researchers have used an Indigenous bush remedy to develop a healing gel that could replace expensive wound dressings and have a "life-changing" impact on chronic wound sufferers.

University of Southern Queensland researchers have developed a new gel to help treat chronic wounds, using lemon myrtle oil. The gel was developed based on the traditional practices of Aboriginal ...