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Horehound is a time honored cold remedy
The uses of horehound have come down to us from the Greeks and Romans, and from our own American wise woman traditions. You can still find old fashioned horehound cough drops sold in pharmacies, and the herb was an accepted medicinal plant in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia until 1989, and is still endorsed in Europe as an effective cold medicine. This mint relative is a cough and cold remedy, and a bitter tonic that stimulates digestion, easing bloating and gas. Horehound contains the bitter principal marrubiin (sometimes spelled marubin), a potent pain reliever and nervous system stimulant.
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| Large doses act as a laxative,and as much as five cups of the tea could disturb heart rhythm.
For treatment of gastrointestinal upset, it is important to take the tea thirty minutes before eating. Horehound should not be used by pregnant women, nursing mothers, very young children or the elderly. This herb can mildly increase menstrual flow, so you should not use it if you have menstrual problems. Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002) Phyllis A. Balch |
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Horehound for :Digestive tonic |
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Marrubiin's stimulation of the central nervous system in turn stimulates the stomach to secrete digestive juices. This relieves feelings of fullness by helping the stomach digest food. The reaction also stimulates the flow of bile, which eases flatulence by changing the chemical composition of the contents of the large intestine. Horehound also stops high and low blood-sugar reactions after eating high-carbohydrate meals and snacks. Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002) |
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Horehound, White for :Cardio - Coughs and Colds |
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The medicinal chemicals responsible for Horehounds expectorant action, marrubiin and marrubinic acid, also help stabilize heart rhythm. Until 1900, horehound was an accepted medicinal in the U.S. Pharmacopeia, and was found in various over-the-counter nostrums, including cough drops, until 1989, when the FDA challenged its use for a supposed lack of efficacy. A year later, Germany's commission E endorsed horehounds folk reputation as an effective treatment for coughing, colds and indigestion. Decide for yourself. James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000) |
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Bronchitis *
Colds *
Cough *
Digestion/Indigestion *
Heart Tonics/Cordials *
Sore Throat/Laryngitis *
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Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
- Flowers:Small white or purple flowers at the nodes between leaf and stem
- Plant Class:Perennial Mint, bushy
- Leaves:Densely packed green leaves with white edges on a single stalk. The leaves are much wrinkled, opposite, petiolate, about 1 inch long, covered with white, felted hairs, which give them a woolly appearance.
- Medicinal part: All arial
- Preferred Habitat:Cultivated in gardens
- Flowering Season:June to September
- Distribution:Native to Morocco, naturalized in Europe and North America
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 The Egyptians and Romans esteemed Horehound for coughs and colds, the same uses as it is recommend by modern herbalists. For centuries white horehound has been traditionally a reliable liver and digestive remedy. The plant has also been used to reduce fevers and treat malaria.This is one of the bitter herbs ordained to be eaten at Passover supper by the Jews. Gerard also recommended it as an antidote for posions and for "mad dogge biting". Grieve, AMH. |
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 It is an herb of Mercury. A decoction of the dried herb, with the seed, or the juice of the green herb taken with honey, is a remedy for those that are short-winded, have a cough, or are fallen into a consumption, either through long sickness, or thin distillations of rheum upon the lungs. Nicholas Culpeper |
 The Egyptian priests called horehound the "Seed of Horus", or the "Bulls Blood", and "The eye of the Star". It was a principal ingredient in the negro Caesars's antidote for vegetable poisons. It was considered an anti-magical herb.Grieve, Maude Modern Herbal (1931) | |
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