Gold, frankincense, and myrrh are famous for one festive reason. In this feature, we ask whether any of them might harbor any health benefits.

Gold, frankincense and myrrh are presented as gifts to the baby Jesus in the Christmas nativity. Inside most Christmas nativity scenes over the past two millennia, you can find three gifts.

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the magi bring gold, frankincense, and myrrh as expensive gifts to the young Jesus. We all know what gold is, but what is this frankincense and myrrh stuff?

Today, gold, frankincense, and myrrh seem like unequal gifts. But in ancient times, the botanical extracts were worth the same, or even more. In the 1st century A.D., ...

The Magi, the three wise men, famously offered the baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We can still understand why they brought gold, but what Mary and Joseph were meant to do with ...

When the Magi brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, little did they know they were carrying the makings of a modern-day skincare regimen, laden with ‘super’ ingredients.

Lastly, they brought myrrh — a sap-like resin used to prepare bodies for burial — a symbol of Jesus’ mission to die and become the ultimate sacrifice to pay for humanity’s sins.

January 6 is my birthday. It’s also the twelfth day of Christmas and Epiphany , the Christian holiday that marks the three kings bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to baby Jesus in ...