WHITE HOREHOUND HERB[MARRUBIUM VULGARE]
Listing description
Marrubium vulgare (white horehound or common
horehound) is a flowering plant in the
mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe,
northern Africa, and
southwestern and central Asia. It is also widely naturalized in many places,
including most of North and South America.
Detailed description
It is a
grey-leaved herbaceous perennial plant, and grows to
25–45 centimetres (10–18 in) tall. The leaves are 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in)
long with a densely crinkled surface, and are covered in downy hairs. The flowers are
white, borne in clusters on the upper part of the main stem.
Medicinal usage
Historical
Horehound has been mentioned in conjunction with
medicinal use dating at least back to the 1st century BC, where it appeared as
a remedy for respiratory ailments in the treatise De Medicina by Roman
encyclopaedist Aulus Cornelius
Celsus.[2] The Roman
agricultural writer Columella lists it
as a remedy for expelling worms in farm animals in his important first-century
work On Agriculture.[3] Since then,
horehound has appeared for similar purposes in numerous herbals over the
centuries, such as The Herball, or, Generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, and Every
Man His Own Doctor: or, The Poor Planter’s Physician by Dr. John
Tennent.[4]
Modern
Several modern scientific studies have been
conducted on the usefulness of horehound. For example, a 2011 study concluded
that the essential oil of M.
vulgare contains potent antimicrobial and anticancer properties,[5] while a 2012
study found marrubiin,
one of the primary active compounds found in horehound, to possess
"antidiabetic, anti-atherogenic and anti-inflammatory properties".[6]
Culinary uses
Horehound is used to make hard lozenge candies that are considered by folk medicine to aid
digestion, soothe sore throats, and relieve inflammation.[7]
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.
PRICE
$10.31/KG
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