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| Common Names |
| Mallow, Marsh , Marshmallow, Wymote |
| Botanical Name |
| Althaea officinalis L. |
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| MALVACEAE Mallow Family |
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Marshmallow is a soothing and healing plant mainly due to it's high mucilage content. Marshmallow is added to cough and cold formulations for the treatment of harsh coughs, it acts as a mild expectorant and helps coat sore throats. Marshmallow's tannis make it a popular treatment for UTI's and stomach ulcers, it also acts as a light diuretic. |
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Prep Methods :Tea, low-alcohol tincture, fresh or dried chopped root.
 Remedies using Mallow, Marsh
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| Gastrointestinal tract, Blood sugar | | Most of the therapeutic ability comes from the large concentration of mucilage and pectin. Pectin is a soluble fiber that keeps the gastrointestinal system running smoothly and helps tame blood sugar.
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(Duke, James A, Ph.D. ) | | Sore throat, stomach | | The spongy, gummy mucilage in Mallow soothes and protects inflamed mucous membranes in the throat, stomach, intestines and urinary tract.
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(Duke, James A, Ph.D. ) | | Urinary and respiratory organs | | The great demulcent and emollient properties of Marsh Mallow make it useful in inflammation and irritation of the urinary and respiratory organs. 425
(Grieve, Maude ) | | Fur balls | | 1/4 teaspoon of marshmallow tea is good for lubricating and expelling fur balls in cats. You can also give
1/4 teaspoon of bran, psyllium, or ground flaxseed to provide fiber and lubricating mucilage to help remove hair balls. 1021
(Tilford, Gregory L. ) |
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| Marshmallow is a food plant, and it's safety is substantiated by many years of use in both humans and animals. The high concentration of mucilage and pectin in marshmallow might interfere with medications, if taken at the same time |
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Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
 Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis), a name frequently misapplied to the Swamp Rose-mallow, is properly given to a much smaller pink flower, measuring only an inch and a half across at the most, and a far rarer one, being a naturalized immigrant from Europe found only in the salt marshes from the Massachusetts coast to New York. It is also known as Wymote. This is a bushy, leafy plant, two to four feet high, and covered with velvety down as a protection against the clogging of its pores by the moisture arising from its wet retreats. Plants that live in swamps must perspire freely and keep their pores open. From the marsh mallow's thick roots the mucilage used in confectionary is obtained, a soothing demulcent long esteemed in medicine.
Netje Blanchan Wild Flowers worth Knowing(1917)
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 The generic name Althaea is derived from the greek, altho (to cure), from the Mallows healing properties. The name of the order, malvaceae, is derived from the Greek, malake(soft), from the special qualities of the mallows in softening and healing. (Grieve, Maude |
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 All the mallows are under Venus. The leaves and the roots also boiled in wine or water,with Parsley or Fennel roots, do help to open the body, and are very convenient in hot agues, or other distempers of the body, to apply the leaves so boiled warm to the belly Nicholas Culpeper |
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Common Typos: marshmellow
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