Althaeae folium
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Dried leaves of the true marshmallow.
Quality is laid down in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).
HMPC mon ograph:Traditional-use: irritation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat, dry irritating cough, relief of stomach complaints
ESCOP mon ograph: Dry irritating cough; irritation of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa; relief of mild gastrointestinal complaints, irritation of the gastric mucosa.
Commission E-monograph: Mucosal irritation in the mouth and throat, dry irritating cough, mild inflammation of the gastric mucosa.
Empirical medicine: External softening compresses, baths and cataplasms for abscesses, boils and skin inflammations.
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Irritant; mucosal protective; immunomodulatory, increase phagocytosis, antiphlogistic and antimicrobial.
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Absorption of other drugs given at the same time may be delayed
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