Notes: In the 1930s it used to be used in Norfolk as a hop substitute for flavouring Ale – Horehound Ale – because of its bitter taste.

Oakeley, Dr. H. F. . (2013). The Gardens of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Link

OTHER COMMON NAMES: WHITE HOREHOUND;HOARHOUND;HOREHOUND;HOUND'S BANE;MARRUBE;MARVEL;MAW-ROLL; Common horehound (Culpeper)

Traditional Herbal Medicine Registration (THMR).

Culpeper: ‘Marrubium album is Common Horehound. Openeth the liver and spleen, cleanseth the breast and lungs, helps old coughs, pains in the sides, Phtisicks, or ulceration of the lungs, it provokes the terms, easeth hard labour in child-bearing, brings away the afterbirth.’

Culpeper, Nicholas. (1650). A Physical Directory . London, Peter Cole.

White horehound is a well-known and popular herbal medicine that is often used as a domestic remedy for coughs, colds, wheeziness etc

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