- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Malvaceae
- English Names
- Mallow
- Blue Mallow
- Cheese flower
- Round-leaved Mallow
- Natural Habitat
- Central Europe
- Balkan
- Western Asia
- India
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Malvae
- Flores Malvae silvestris
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- Constituent(s)
- flower: malvin (colouring matter)
- mucilage
- starch
- tannin; leaf: mucilage
- tannin
- Action
- flower: pectoral
- expectorant
- laxative
- refrigerant
- diuretic
- emollient
- colouring agent; leaf: laxative
- emollient in catarrh of the respiratory organs and of the intestines
- - The flowers of Malva silvestris and the leaves of Malva neglecta are particularly suitable for coughs and colds
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