Herbs - Marshmallow - Ailments / Situations Where Used

Marshmallow is a sweet mucilaginous herb that soothes and softens tissues. It has expectorant effects and controls bacterial infection. Use externally for wounds, burns, boils, eye and skin inflammations, insect bites, splinters, minor injuries, gingivitis, mastitis, and gangrene.

Roots preparations are useful for inflammations and ulceration of the digestive tract, hiatus hernia, bronchitis, excess mucous, asthma, whooping cough, and cystitis.

The leaves are useful for urinary tract infections, excess mucous, bronchitis, irritating coughs, and cystitis