Official name: White Horehound

Latin name: Marrubium vulgare L.

German name: Gemeine, Andorn

Description: The White Horehound is a perennial medicinal herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family with an upright white fibrous stem, up to 50 cm high. The herb grows as a bush near roads and settlements, in dry grassy places at an altitude of up to 1000m. The leaves of the white horehound are opposite, rounded-ovate, unevenly coarsely toothed, with clear veins, located on short petioles. The flowers are seated in the axils of the leaves. The corolla is white, tubular, bilobed. The fruit of the white horehound is dry, breaking into 4 nuts.  The apiary blooms from May to August/September.

Part of the herb used: Aerial part (Herba Marrubii)

Harvest time: The stalks are harvested during flowering.

Chemical composition/Content and properties: The chemical composition of the white horehound includes essential oils, marubin (a bitter substance), mineral salts, alkaloids, choline, amines, resin, waxes, mucus, vitamin C, etc.

Medicinal action and application: Thanks to the active substances it contains, honeysuckle has an expectorant, choleretic, antitoxic, antispasmodic and cardiovascular system calming effect. The medicinal plant is used for indigestion, biliary insufficiency, anemia, lack of appetite, shortness of breath, bronchitis, sweating, weight gain, cellulite, neurosis chronic eczema, worms, inflammation of the glands, irregular menstruation, etc. The herb removes spasms, regulates heart rhythm, has a beneficial effect on stomach uclers and gastritis, intestinal inflammations and diarrhea.

Possibilities to offer at the customer’s request:

“Vesselino” LTD offers its customers the herb in the following varieties:

• Stalks – dried whole, crushed, cut to a certain size at the customer’s request, ground into powder/flour

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