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Botanical Name: Marrubium vulgare
Source: Wild Crafted
Origin: Europe
Horehound is used for:
Brain and Nervous System Conditions
Cardiovascular Conditions
Gastrointestinal Conditions
- tonic for the stomach
- helps the digestion and liver function
Liver Conditions
- helps the liver function
- stimulates the flow and secretion of bile from the gallbladder
Respiratory Tract Conditions
- acute and chronic bronchitis
- all lung conditions
- asthma
- chest, nasal and sinus congestion
- children's cough remedies
- coughing spells
- coughs and chest complaints
- dry unproductive coughs, with associated poor appetite and debility of the digestive system
- eases tightness of the chest
- encourages the production and expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
- prickly sensation in throat and nasal area just before a cold sets in
- smoker's cough, especially combined with Coltsfoot, Hyssop and Marshmallow Root tonic for the respiratory system and stomach
Other
- expels worms
- restores the normal balance of secretions by various organs and glands of the body
- typhoid and paratyphoid fever
It is sometimes combined with Hyssop, Rue, Licorice Root and Marshmallow Root for greater efficacy
Externally it can be used for:
- temporary or persistent skin problems
Other Uses:
- beers and ales
- candies and lozenges
Action:
- antispasmodic [an agent which relieves or eases muscular spasms, cramps or convulsions]
- diaphoretic [an agent that promotes perspiration] (taken warm the infusion is diaphoretic)
- digestive [aids the digestive system]
- diuretic (taken hot) [an agent that increases the volume and flow of urine which cleanses the urinary system]
- expectorant [an agent that promotes the discharge of mucous and secretions from the respiratory passages]
- laxative [an agent promoting evacuation of the bowels; a mild purgative]
- purgative [an agent that produces a vigorous emptying of the bowels, more drastic than a laxative or aperient] (in large doses)
- remedial [has a healing effect]
- stimulant [an agent that excites or quickens the functional activity of the tissues giving more energy]
- stomachic [an agent that strengthens, stimulates or tones the stomach] (taken cold the infusion is a good stomach tonic)
- tonic [an agent that tones, strengthens and invigorates organs or the entire organism giving a feeling of well-being]
- vermicide [an agent that destroys intestinal worms]
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