Hyssop
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
The use of hyssop as an herbal remedy dates back to ancient times, being prescribed for a multitude of medical conditions. It has been traditionally used as an antispasmodic, expectorant, emmenagogue, stimulant, carminative, peripheral vasodilator, anti-inflammatory, anticatarrhal, antispasmodic, tonic and sweat-inducer. Hyssop is used specifically for cough, bronchitis and chronic catarrhal, and also for its tonic effects on the digestive, urinary, nervous and bronchial systems. Egyptian physicians prescribed it for pleurisy and asthma. Hot hyssop decoction vapors have also been used to treat inflammation and tinnitus.
