White Horehound,Medicinal Plants, Marrubium Vulgare, Organic, 4in Potted Plant, Horehound, GMO Free Plants, Heirloom Medicinals
Other Name: White Horehound
Scientific Name: Marrubium Vulgare
The plant is bushy, producing numerous annual, quadrangular and branching stems, a foot or more in height, on which the whitish flowers are borne in crowded, axillary, woolly whorls. The leaves are much wrinkled, opposite, petiolate, about 1 inch long, covered with white, felted hairs, which give them a woolly appearance. They have a curious, musky smell, which is diminished by drying and lost on keeping. Horehound flowers from June to September.
Origination:
White Horehound is a perennial herbaceous plant, found all over Europe and indigenous to Britain.
Recommended Uses:
White horehound is used for digestion problems including loss of appetite, indigestion, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, and liver and gallbladder complaints. It is also used for lung and breathing problems including cough, whooping cough, asthma, tuberculosis, bronchitis, and swollen breathing passages.
Height: 25–45 centimetres (10–18 in) tall
Flower Color: White buds
Uses: Horehound is used to make hard lozenge candies that are considered by folk medicine to aid digestion, soothe sore throats, and relieve inflammation.It is also used in beverages, such as horehound beer, steeped as tea (similar to the Maghrebi mint tea), and in the rock and rye cocktail.
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