White Horehound

Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare

Common name(s): White horehound

Family: Lamiaceae

Part used: leaves and flowering tops

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Active Constituents:

• Diterpenes (bitter)
• Flavonoids
• Alkaloids (expectorant)
• Volatile oils (expectorant)
• Mucilage
• Tannins
• Vitamin A,C,B,E,
• Minerals S, Fe

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Qualities: Cool, neutral (Holmes)

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Actions:

• Expectorant (stimulating) / Mucociliary escalator
• Spasmolytic
• Bitter digestive tonic
• Anti-inflammatory
• Mucolytic
• Choleretic

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Indications:

• Bronchitis (acute and chronic)
• Whooping cough
• Chesty coughs
• Non-productive coughs / sticky hard to remove mucus
• Asthma
• Dyspepsia
• Specific for Bronchitis and non-productive cough

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Contraindications:

• Pregnancy? (safety not established)

Cautions: 

None known

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Dosage: 

Liquid Extract

3-6ml 1:2 LE / day

20-40ml 1:2 LE / week

Dried Herb Equivalent

3-6g/day dried aerial parts (infusion)

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Combinations:

Inula, mullein, thyme

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