Active ingredients
Active medicinal substances of Marshmallow: mucus, pectins, minerals, sugar, fat, asparagine, starch, carbohydrates, essential oil, colorants, flavonoids, phytosterols.
Healing properties
Benefits for the digestive system:Protects and soothes the mucous membrane: Mucus forms a protective film on the walls of the stomach and intestines.
Helps with ulcers, gastritis and heartburn: Soothes inflammation and reduces spasms.
Relieves constipation: Has a laxative effect.
Benefits for the respiratory system:Relieves cough: Especially dry, irritating, also useful for bronchitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis.
Liquefies and facilitates expectoration: Helps phlegm to be removed from the respiratory tract.
Benefits for skin care:Soothes and moisturizes: Suitable for sensitive, irritated, dry skin, great for compresses or ointments.
Helps treat skin problems: Can be used in case of burns, wounds, ulcers, eczema or acne.
Other benefits:Urinary and reproductive system: May help with urinary tract infections (e.g. cystitis) as it has a mild diuretic effect and reduces irritation.
Immunity: Has anti-inflammatory properties.
Sedative effect: May have a mild effect on the nervous system.
Marshmallow (Latin: Althaea officinalis) is beneficial for its mucilage, which acts as a protective film. It is beneficial for the digestive and respiratory systems, soothes irritated mucous membranes, relieves coughs and expectorations, and helps with gastritis, ulcers, or heartburn.
It is also used in skin care to treat burns, wounds, or inflammation, and can have a mild sedative effect.
There is a lot of mucus in the herb and roots; and starch, sugars, asparagine, pectic substances, fatty oils in the roots; as well as flavonoids in the leaves. Traditional indications: irritation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and pharynx, associated dry cough, irritation of the gastric mucosa, gastric catarrh.
This plant having medicinal properties is used in a traditional medicine. It is suitable for treatment of diseases of the respiratory system (liquefies bronchial secretions and thus facilitates expectoration, treats colds, bronchitis), diseases of the digestive system (treats an inflammation of the stomach).
Externally used plant has an anti-inflammatory, soothing, disinfecting effect, therefore is suitable for relieving inflammatory processes in the oral mucosa, and to treat skin diseases (acne, ulcers), to soften the skin. Marshmallow also strengthens the immune system.
The tea of this plant with honey is an aid against cough. Skin diseases can be treated with marshmallow as well.
Rosehip preparations should not be used by pregnant and nursing mothers.
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