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Expectorant |
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An expectorant is a medication that helps bring up mucus and other material from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea.
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Plants having 'Expectorant' activity
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| Eriodictyon californicum | Expectorant, antipyretic and antispasmodic (leaves); bitter tonic and a stimulating balsamic expectorant (bitter tea made from the leaves); | | Eryngium campestre | Antispasmodic, aromatic, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, galactofuge and stimulant (root) | | Erysimum cheiri | Antirheumatic, antispasmodic, cardiotonic, emmenagogue, nervine, purgative and resolvent (flowers and stems); aphrodisiac, diuretic, expectorant, stomachic and tonic (seeds); analgesic, antibacterial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antitumor, cardiotonic, cardiotoxic, deobstruent, depurative, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, myotonic, peristaltic, stimulant, stomachic and tonic (tea made from flowers). | | Erythronium americanum | Expectorant, contraceptive (plant); emetic (bulb and fresh leaves); Antiscrofulatic and emollient (leaves). | | Eucalyptus globulus | The leaves, and the essential oil they contain, are antiseptic, antispasmodic, expectorant, febrifuge and stimulant. Its antiseptic properties confer some antimalarial action; carminative, alleviates spasms, antiperiodic, antiseptic, aromatic, deodorant, expectorant, febrifuge, hypoglycaemic, stimulant and fungitoxic (leaf); antibacterial and stimulates the cardiovascular system (aerial part); antiseptic (mainly in skin diseases and for upper respiratory infections), stimulant and expectorant (essential oil); antipyretic (bark and leaf). | | Euonymus atropurpureus | Alterative, cardiac, cathartic, cholagogue, diuretic, expectorant, hepatic, laxative, stimulant and tonic (stem and root bark); emetic and strongly laxative (seed) | | Eupatorium triplinerve | Stops blood flow, stimulates heart, diaphoretic, tonic and expectorant (plant); emetic and diaphoretic (hot infusion) | | Euphorbia nerifolia | The plant is bitter, pungent, laxative, carminative and alexipharmic. The milky juice of its stem is used as purgative, rubefacient and expectorant, laxative, expectorant and diuretic (latex); dilates bronchial tubes (latex and stem). | | Ferula asafoetida | Alterative, antiperiodic, antispasmodic, cardiotonic, carminative, deobstruent, deodorant, expectorant, laxative, parasiticide, sedative, stimulant, tonic. | | Ferula foetida | Antispasmodic, carminative, expectorant, laxative, sedative (gum resin) | | Ferula narthex | Anthelmintic, antispasmodic, carminative, contraceptive, diaphoretic, expectorant, nervine. | | Foeniculum vulgare | The essential oil is bactericidal, carminative and stimulant; expectorant and antiinflammatory (fruit); laxative and antispasmodic (root); antimicrobial (essential fruit oil); carminative (leaf and fruit); oxytocic and abortifacient (essential seed oil). | | Fraxinus bungeana | Astringent, analgesic, anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, diuretic and expectorant (bark) | | Fraxinus rhynchophylla | Analgesic, anticoagulant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, astringent, diuretic, expectorant and stomachic (bark) | | Fritillaria cirrhosa | Antitussive, astringent, demulcent, expectorant, febrifuge and pectoral (bulb) | | Fritillaria thunbergii | Antidote, antitussive, astringent, expectorant, galactogogue and purgative (bulb) | | Galeopsis segetum | Astringent, diuretic and mildly expectorant (flowering plant) | | Galeopsis tetrahit | Antispasmodic, detergent, expectorant and resolvent (plant) | | Garuga pinnata | The fruit is stomachic, astringent and expectorant; antiasthmatic (leaf). | | Gillenia trifoliata | Cathartic, slightly diaphoretic, a mild and efficient emetic, expectorant and tonic (dried powdered root bark); strongly laxative and emetic (tea from whole plant); tonic, emetic, a cathartic, expectorant, purgative, tonic emetic, and expectorant (root). | | |