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OFFICINALIS
Radix AlthaeaeLOT 24-1018
Cultivated
Batch
LOT 24-1018
Net
80 g
Unit price
€11.25 / 100 g
Origin
Upper Palatinate, Bavaria
Sourcing
Cultivated
Plant part
Radix · Root
HarvestOct · Nov

Loose tea

Marshmallow Root

Althaea officinalis L.

Almost tasteless. Slightly sweet, noticeably slippery.

€9.0080 g
€11.25 / 100 g
1

In stock 18

Peeled root, lifted in the second autumn. This is the one herb in the catalogue you must brew cold: its mucilage is destroyed by heat, so boiling water gives you starch water and nothing useful.

Traditional use

Traditionally taken as a cold macerate for a raw throat or an irritated stomach lining.

Constituents

  • 01Mucilage (galacturonorhamnans)
  • 02Starch
  • 03Pectin

Drawer

Airways — Mucilage and volatile oils for the chest and throat. Also pulled for Digestion.

Preparation20 °C · 60 min

Preparation

The preparation is half the drug

This drug wants 20 °C and 60 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.

The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.

Package InsertRadix Althaeae · Loose tea
Dose
1 tbsp (≈ 3 g)
Frequency
3× daily
Water
20 °C
Steep
60 min

Steps

As printed on the box · 4 in sequence

  1. 01

    Measure

    One tablespoon of cut root.

    1 tbsp ≈ 3 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Cold water. Not warm, not hot — heat destroys the mucilage entirely.

    200 ml · 20 °C
  3. 03

    Macerate

    Leave one to two hours, stirring occasionally.

    60–120 min
  4. 04

    Warm

    Strain, then warm gently to drinking temperature if you prefer. Never boil it.

Steep time

Live timer · 60 min · 20 °C

Ready

60:00

60 minutes is a long cold macerate, and nothing here needs watching. Start it, set the glass aside, and come back — the count keeps running while you do something else.

Cautions

Read before use

  • May slow the absorption of other medicines — leave a gap of an hour either side.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Airways, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.