Horehound Herbal Tincture Extract

Horehound Tincture (Marrubium vulgare) For centuries, folk medicine has used horehound in the treatment of respiratory ailments. The best known herbal remedy for coughs. Some of the conditions that horehound was used for in folk medicine included whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis, chest colds, chest congestion and tuberculosis. Horehound was believed to help to calm coughs and to thin the phlegm so that the patient could expel the mucus. Not only does horehound have expectorant properties, but it also has properties of being a sedative and antispasmodic. These added properties therefore ease the coughing and help to calm it. The anti-inflammatory properties of horehound sooth the airways of the lungs and promote easier expulsion of mucus. The oils, flavonoids, tannins and marrubium contained in horehound are believed to aid in dealing with both respiratory symptoms and digestive discomfort. Horehound is used to make cough medicines for people whose upper respiratory symptoms are caus