Horehound Black
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Botanical Name |
Ballota nigra |
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Family |
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) – Mint |
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Other Names |
Marrubium nigrum |
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Description |
Lower leaves: cordate Upper leaves: ovate, downy with crenate margin. Flowers: purplish, labiate, calyx with 5 spreading broadly ovate teeth |
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Native to |
Europe |
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Parts Used |
Herb |
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Actions |
Antiemetic, antispasmodic, stimulant |
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Constituents |
Diterpenoids –marrubiin, ballonigrin, ballotinone, ballotenol, 7 alpha acetoxymarrubiin, 13 hydroxyballonigrinolide, preleosibirin. Phenylpropanoide –verbascoside, forsythoside B, arenaioside, balloteroside, allysonoside 5, lavandulifolioside 6, angoroside A7 |
Horehound-White
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Botanical Name |
Marrubium vulgare |
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Family |
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) – Mint |
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Other Names |
Bull's blood, eye of the star, hoarhound, seed of horns |
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Habitat |
Dry pastures, waste land, roadsides, hedges, woods |
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Description |
Hairy aromatic perennial Height 45cm/18inches. Heart shaped toothed leaves, wrinkled, stalked. Downy white all over Flowers white, tiny, in dense whorls. Calyx –10 hooked teeth June – September |
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Native to |
Britain, Europe |
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Part Used |
Whole herb |
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Cultivation |
Full sun Dry-ish soil |
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Propagation |
Stem cuttings |
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Harvesting |
Anytime |
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Preserving |
Dry in shade no higher than 35C |
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Actions |
Anti-catarrhal, antispasmodic, antiseptic, bitter digestive, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, tonic, vulnerary |
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Constituents |
Essential oil, mucilage Labdane diterpene –marrubiin, premarrubiin, marrubiol, marrubenol, sclareol, peregrinin, vulgarol, dihydroperegrinin Volatile oil –alpha pinene, sabinene, limonene, camphene, bisabolol, p-cymol, fenchoene, alpha terpinolene Alkaloids –traces of betonicine and its isomer turicine. Choline, alkanes, phytosterols, tannins |
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Combines with |
Coltsfoot, lobelia, mullein |
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Culinary Uses |
Leaves: syrup |
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Skin |
Cuts, bruises |
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Respiratory |
Cough, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma |
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Digestive |
Indigestion, heartburn, constipation |
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Other Notes |
The name Marrubium comes from the Hebrew marrob meaning bitter juice Hoar means white and hound is corrupted from an old word meaning plant Marrubium comes from the Hebrew marob meaning bitter juice |