Mallow (marshmallow)

Mallow is rich in vitamins C and A, carotene, plant mucilage, tannins, essential and fatty oils, contains polysaccharides, carotene, alkaloids, flavonoids, polysaccharides. Mallow flowers and leaves, which are harvested during flowering, have medicinal properties. After drying, the flowers change color and turn purple. Basically, mallow is used as an anti-inflammatory and mild laxative effect.

Mallow herb and flowers are used to treat:

• inflammatory processes in the stomach and intestines;
• inflammatory processes of the pancreas;
• with inflammation of the urinary tract, renal colic;
• with dry cough, for the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Mallow helps to thin and excrete phlegm;
• with periodontal disease;
• mallow is actively used as part of strengthening agents;
• in cosmetology, mallow is used to eliminate purulent inflammation, moisturize; improving the elasticity of tissues;
• Mallow herb is used to make compresses and poultices for any skin irritations, burns, ulcers;
• compresses with mallow help with hemorrhoids;