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Horehound Leaf

Horehound is a perennial plant found in waste places, in upland fields and pastures, and along roadsides in coastal areas of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe. A fibrous, spindle-shaped rootstock sends up numerous bushy, square, downy stems. The leaves are opposite, petioled, usually wrinkled, roundish-ovate, rough on top, and wooly underneath. The small, white, two-lipped flowers feature a spiny calyx and grow in axillary whorls from June to September.

	2 oz	4 oz	8 oz	1 lb
Horehound c/s	$2.50	$3.43	$6.13	$10.29
Horehound Powder	$2.50	$3.99	$7.13	$11.97

Properties/Uses - Diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, tonic. Horehound is above all a remedy for coughing and bronchial problems generally. As an expectorant, it can be taken as a tea, a syrup, or a dilute alcoholic extract for acute and chronic bronchitis, as well as for coughs and hoarseness. Horehound has also been given for typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever. It is said to restore the normal balance of secretions by various organs and glands. It has also been used for nervous heart conditions, to calm heart action. Taken warm, the infusion is diaphoretic and diuretic; taken cold, it makes a good stomach tonic. Externally, either the tea or the crushed leaves can be applied for temporary or persistent skin problems.

Botanical Name - Marubium vulgare

Part Used - Leaf

Common Names/Synonyms - Hoarhound, marrubium, white horehound.

Cautions - No side effects or contraindications with normal use.


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