Plant
White horehound
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A grey, woolly-leaved plant of the mint family with a bitter taste. It was known in Anglo-Saxon England and has long been used as a remedy for coughs and chest complaints, a use going back to Roman medical writers. It was grown in gardens and gathered from dry waste ground.
Caveats (confidence: medium)
Specific 12th-century English uses were not documented in the sources opened.
Sources: museumsandcastles.wakefield.gov.uk · housecapuchin.wordpress.com
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