White Horehound or Common Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
Description
White Horehound is a perennial herb, 30-50 cm tall, with the stem in 4 edges, branched at the top. The entire plant is covered with hairs, that is why it looks white. The leaves are opposite, toothed on the edges and on bottom you can see a network of veins. The flowers are small, dirty white, tucked around the stem, forming globular whorls. The Calyx is tube shaped, finished with 10 hard teeth, spiny, curbed towards the tip, hook-shaped. It blooms from June to September.
Harvest
White Horehound is harvested during blooming.
Drying Mode
It is dried in thin layers, in the shade, in well-ventilated areas or in rooms heated to a temperature up to 35 degrees C. From 4-5 kg of fresh herb you can obtain 1 kg of dried product.
Uses
It is used in liver disease, as an expectorant and to stimulate appetite. Internally: cholagogue, expectorant, stomachic, bronchial antiseptic. Externally: for scarring.
Observations
It can be confused with Marrubium peregrinum, which has smaller leaves, fewer flowers, and the calyx ends with five teeth.
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