{"id":1047,"date":"2012-11-28T04:34:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T04:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2013-03-25T00:14:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:14:41","slug":"marshmallow-althea-officinalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"Marshmallow ~ Althea officinalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Marshmallow<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Althea officinalis<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Malvaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to Britain and Europe, naturalized in the USA<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: polysaccharides, mucilage, flavanoids, polyphenolic acids, coumarins<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: moistening, cooling<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">demulcent<\/span>, emollient, expectorant, antispasmodic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: anti-inflammatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: coughs, bronchial complaints, gastritis, enteritis<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: peptic ulcers, urinary inflammation, cystitis, boils, abscesses, wounds, burns, inflammatory skin disorders<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water; 1:2 tincture: 30-60 gtt qd-qid, powder: 30-60 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: oral drugs may have delayed absorption (due to mucilage content)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?page_id=1489\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Lecture notes:Respiratory System ~ Jan 9 &#038; Jan 22\/2013 ~ Module 2<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Demulcents \u00e2\u20ac\u201c soothe irritated bronchials. Examples: Licorice and Marshmallow \u00e2\u20ac\u201c work directly on sore throat. Marshmallow cold infusion: extracts <strong>carbohydrates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshmallow Latin name: Althea officinalis Family: Malvaceae Part used: root Habitat: native to Britain and Europe, naturalized in the USA Main constituents: polysaccharides, mucilage, flavanoids, polyphenolic acids, coumarins Energetics: moistening, cooling Main herbal actions: demulcent, emollient, expectorant, antispasmodic Minor herbal actions: anti-inflammatory Main medicinal uses: coughs, bronchial complaints, gastritis, enteritis &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,37,33,48,71,1,177,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antispasmodic","category-cooling","category-demulcent","category-emollient","category-expectorant","category-module1","category-moistening","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}