Common name: |
White horehound |
Family: |
Labiatae |
Parts used: |
Leaves & flowering tops |
Chemistry: |
Volatile oils-monoterpens and diterpene alcohols (peregrinol, vulgarol, marrubiol, marrubenol, phytol). Resin, Sterols, Alkaloids-small traces. 0.3–1% bitter diterpene principles; up to 7% tannins; alkaloids (0.3% betonicine and stachydrine); 0.2% choline; flavonoids (apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, and their glycosides); minerals, particularly potassium, vit.C. |
Main actions: |
Expectorant, anti-spasmodic |
Other Actions: |
Hepatic, bitter digestive, stomachic, cholagogue, aperient, stimulant, vulnerary, pectoral, weak diuretic, antiseptic, emmenagogue, weak diaphoretic. |
Dosage: |
tincture 2-6ml TDS |
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