Seeds – Hyssop, Hem Zaden (Netherlands), 0.1 g.

A perennial herbaceous, finely pubescent plant of the Labiatae family. The herb (stem tips up to 20 cm long) is used, collected during the flowering of the plant. Hyssop contains a volatile oil of a complex mixture, oleanolic and ursolic acids, tannins and other substances. Hyssop essential oil is widely used in medicine, perfumery, cosmetic and food industries, for flavoring wines and beverages. Tinctures or infusions of hyssop are used for medicinal purposes for catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, cough, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, inflammation and tuberculosis of the lungs, angina, neuroses, rheumatism, polyarthritis, etc.