Horehound
Botanical Name: Marribium vulgare
Common Names and Synonyms: Common Horehound, White Horehound,
Hoarhound, Marrubum
Background: Horehound is native to Europe and is cultivated in
Britain. Traditionally, horehound is used to treat bronchitis and
aid in digestion. A mint-like plant covered in downy white fur and
should be picked when the small white blossoms appear, between June and
September. Horehound is used to flavor candy, cough drops and cold
medicines. Its high mucilage content soothes the throat and stimulates
the flow of bile from the gall-bladder aiding digestion.
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Horehound in the Cayce Readings
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Edgar Cayce recommended horehound primarily for respiratory and digestive
problems.
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Horehound was most often recommended as a syrup, usually in a formula.
The early readings that recommend horehound provide instructions for taking
either green or (more often) dried horehound and producing the syrup as
part of the overall formula. In these early readings, the most common
amounts were as follows:
| 4 ounces |
5 readings |
| 2 ounces |
4 readings |
| 1 ounce |
3 readings |
| 3 ounces |
1 reading |
| 6 ounces |
1 reading |
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The later readings simplified the process by consistently recommending
syrup of horehound in the following amounts:
| 1/2 ounce |
23 readings |
| 1 ounce |
7 readings |
| 1/4 ounce |
6 readings |
| 2 ounces |
4 readings |
| 1 tablespoon |
2 readings |
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Horehound was often recommended with other substances in a compound.
Although a wide diversity of formulas were given, the most common
substances mentioned in the same readings with Horehound were as follows:
| Rhubarb |
27 readings |
| Wild Cherry |
24 readings |
| Tolu |
15 readings |
| Stillingia |
10 readings |
| Benzoin |
10 readings |
| Camphor |
8 readings |
| Sassafras |
7 readings |
| Ginseng |
6 readings |
| Sarsaparilla |
6 readings |
| Calisaya |
5 readings |
| Pepsin |
5 readings |
Cayce Quotes on Horehound
3721-1
Now, to meet the needs of these conditions in this
body would be to bring about that which will give the proper incentive
to the nerve plexus and nerve reaction of the body. Not as of great
quantities of medicinal properties, nor of any heavy changes in the body
in organic functioning. Rather of consistent and persistent mental
and physical action to bring about the correction; for the body then we
would prepare first as this for medicinal properties:
Take six (6) ounces horehound (preferably the green
- or the dried may be used). Put this in sixteen (16) ounces of distilled
water. Reduce by simmering (not boiling) to one- half (1/2) the quantity,
or eight (8) ounces. Strain, and while warm add two (2) ounces cane
sugar, first dissolved in two (2) ounces of hot water. Then reduce
again the whole quantity to the eight (8) ounces. Then add to this:
Cut three (3) drams Balsam of Tolu in two (2) ounces
of grain alcohol. Then add one-half (1/2) ounce Elixir Calisaya,
see?
Shake the solution together before the dose is taken,
which would be teaspoonful three (3) times each day. The over or
excess quantity of the horehound is as the active force in same to the
tissue of the body, especially as regarding the functioning of the kidneys
and of the functioning of the mucus producing tissue from diaphragm up,
without suppressing the functioning of either the liver or the spleen.
244-3
Also we would take OCCASIONALLY - once a day, or
once every other day - a good swallow of a preparation of this:
Take six (6) ounces of horehound. To this
add eight (8) ounces distilled water. Reduce by simmering (not boiling)
to one-half the quantity. Then dissolve one (1) ounce of rock candy
in two (2) ounces of eighty-five percent (85%) alcohol, see? adding
solutions to-gether. Then add to this - after this has been compounded
together -
Oil of Sassafras.......................5 minims,
Oil of Peppermint......................5 minims,
Senna..................................1 grain.
Shake this Solution together, and let the dose be
taken of a teaspoonful, see, once a day or once every other day, whenever
necessary for the system to complete digestion throughout the whole of
the mesenteric system.
5620-1
For the irritation as is produced in the membrane
of the throat and bronchials, and lungs, we would prepare as these: First
we would take 3 ounces Wild Cherry Bark, this put in 16 ounces of distilled
water. Reduce by simmering to 1/2 the quantity. This made as
a carrier. TO this we would add, after this has been strained, 4
ounces of beet sugar first dissolved in 2 ounces of water. Then reduce
to the original quantity, or the 8 ounces. Then add:
Syrup of Horehound...................2 ounces,
Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla.......1 ounce,
Tincture of Elixir of Stillingia...1/4 ounce,
Canadian Balsam......................3 minims,
Creosote, Rectified..................3 minims,
Oil of Eucalyptus...................10 minims.
Shake the solution well together before the dose
is taken. Take the dose whenever there is IRRITATION for the system,
or throat or bronchials, or just before lying down, see? In this
same solution there should be also added Spirits Frumenti at least 4 ounces,
see? All this shaken together.
Don't take them separate! but take them together!
243-23
Put 2 ounces of Strained Honey in 2 ounces of water
and let come to a boil. Skim off. And then while warm, add
IN THE MANNER AND IN THE ORDER AS GIVEN:
Syrup of Horehound..........1/2 ounce,
Syrup of Rhubarb............1/4 ounce,
Glycerine....................20 minims.
Stir this well together, then add to same 6 ounces
of Apple Brandy.
Use this as an expectorant as well as a stimulant.
If a teaspoonful is taken every two hours it will be the better.
1364-1
To 4 ounces of Distilled Water add 2 ounces of Strained
Honey. Let this come to a boil. Skim off the refuse.
Then when this is not entirely cold but some cooler, to be sure, add 1
1/2 ounces of Grain Alcohol. To this as the carrier, then, add -
in the order named:
Syrup of Horehound.....................1/2 ounce,
Syrup of Rhubarb.......................1/4 ounce,
Glycerine...............................10 minins,
Chloroform...............................5 minins.
Shake the solution well before the dose is taken,
which would be a teaspoonful - that may be taken every hour, but take ONLY
when the irritation in the throat is severe, or the cough.
808-3
To 8 ounces of distilled water add 2 ounces Horehound
(preferably dried). Make a fusion of this by letting it come to a
boil. Then set aside to simmer or to cool. But before it is
entirely cool, strain and add to that left - which would be about 8 ounces
- these ingredients, in the order named:
Essence of Wild Ginseng...............1/2 ounce,
A syrup made by allowing to come to a boil an equal
quantity of
Strained Honey and Water.............1
ounce,
Essence of Wild Cherry................1/2 ounce,
Pure Grain Alcohol as a preservative....2 ounces.
This may be kept almost indefinitely. Shake
together before the dose is taken, which would be a teaspoonful when needed....
The taking of those properties indicated for the
allaying of cold and congestion - as in the Cherry, the Horehound - will
not only aid DIGESTION but stimulate the circulation for the upper portion
of the head and through the bronchial area, thus giving a better flow of
circulation for the throat and the gums - if the massage of the Ipsab is
taken as indicated.
487-26
For the irritation from the cold, or the cough,
make a compound with a small quantity of an anaesthesia - such as might
be prepared best by the physician, for it would be necessary with the use
of same, you see - such as a small quantity of chloroform. Obtain
same from Woodhouse, [Robt. W. Woodhouse, M. D.] see - just explain what
is desired, and he will give the prescription for same, which will include
other properties, of course, such as horehound and the like.
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