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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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| Michelia champaca | Febrifuge, stimulant, astringent, expectorant (bark); purgative and emmenagogue (root and root bark); stimulant, antispasmodic, tonic, stomachic, carminative, bitter and cooling (flowers and fruits). | | Mikania glomerata | Bronchodilator, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and pain-reliever (Leaves). | | Momordica cochinchinensis | Coolant, resolvent and laxative (seeds); expectorant (roots) | | Monarda didyma | Abortifacient, antipyretic, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, digestive and vermifuge; anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, rubefacient and stimulant (leaves and flowering stems) | | Morella cerifera | Vermifuge (leaves); Alterative, analgesic, antibacterial, antiinflammatory, atipyretic, astringent, carcinogenic, cardiotonic, deobstruent, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, expectorant, laxative, stimulant. | | Morus nigra | Antibacterial, astringent, diaphoretic, hypoglycaemic, odontalgic and ophthalmic (leaves); antirheumatic, diuretic, hypotensive and pectoral (stems); antitussive, diuretic, expectorant and hypotensive (root bark); anthelmintic and purgative (bark) | | Myrica gale | Abortifacient, aromatic, astringent, emmenagogue and stomachic (leaves); antioxidant, antiviral, astringent, bactericide, diuretic, emetic, errhine, expectorant, fungicide, hepatoprotective, insecticide, insecticide, narcotic, sedative, sialagogue, stimulant, stomachic, toxic and vermifuge (plant) | | Myroxylon balsamum | Antibacterial, antiseptic, expectorant, fungicide and stimulant. | | Myrrhis odorata | Aromatic, carminative, expectorant and stomachic (whole plant); antiseptic (root) | | Nasturtium officinale | Antiscorbutic and stimulant (plant); blood purifier, vermifuge and diuretic (plant decoction); antiscorbutic, depurative, diuretic, expectorant, purgative, hypoglycaemic, odontalgic, stimulant and stomachic (leaves) | | Nerium oleander | The leaves and the flowers are cardiotonic, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, expectorant and sternutatory; cardiotonic (leaf, bark, root and seed); induces tears (fresh leaf juice); stimulant, antiinflammatory and relieves pain (bark, root and seed) | | Nicotiana tobacum | Medicinally it is used as a sedative, diuretic, expectorant, discutient, and sialagogue, and internally only as an emetic, when all other emetics fail. The leaves are antispasmodic, discutient, diuretic, emetic, expectorant, irritant, narcotic, sedative and sialagogue. | | Nyctanthes arbor-tristis | Laxative, diaphoretic, cholagogue, antiinflammatory (leaf juice); expectorant (bark). | | Ocimum sanctum | Expectorant, stomachic, diuretic, antiseptic and cardiac stimulant, febrifuge (root). | | Oenanthe aquatica | Antiperiodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and pectoral (fruit) | | Onopordum acanthium | Antipyretic, antitussive, aperitif, cardiotonic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, stimulant and stomachic (plant); astringent (root); cardiotonic (flowers) | | Ophiopogon japonicus | Antitussive, anticancer, aphrodisiac, expectorant, pectoral, sedative, sialogogue, stomachic and tonic (root); antipyretic, antiscrofulatic, antitussive, emollient, expectorant and tonic (plant) | | Orchis latifolia | Aphrodisiac and increases nerve strength (plant); expectorant and astringent (tubers) | | Orchis mascula | Nutritive, astringent, expectorant, antidiarrheal and demulcent | | Origanum majorana | Antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic and mildly tonic (herb) | | |