Herbal Tea

Horehound Herb Tea Bag

Botanical Name: Marrubium vulgare

White horehound is a plant. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine.

Herbal tea such as Horehound Herb Tea Bag may be 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.

Women use white horehound for painful menstrual periods.

People also use it for yellowed skin (jaundice), to kill parasitic worms, to cause sweating, and to increase urine production.

White horehound is sometimes applied to the skin for skin damage, ulcers, and wounds.

In manufacturing, the extracts of white horehound are used as flavoring in foods and beverages especially in herbal tea, and as expectorants in cough syrups and lozenges. Expectorants are ingredients that make it easier to cough up phlegm.

The chemicals in white horehound can thin mucus secretions, reduce spasms in the stomach and intestines, and decrease swelling (inflammation).

• Liver and gallbladder problems

• Constipation

• Fluid retention

• Loss of appetite

• Indigestion/bloating