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Study on mucus transport for chest congestion. Which plants act as expectorant?

Muller-Limmroth W, Frohlich HH. [Effect of various phytotherapeutic expectorants on mucociliary transport]. Fortschr Med. 1980 Jan 24;98(3):95-101. German. PubMed PMID: 7364365. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7364365 (Cough tea works.) "The following ingredients increased the transport rate with falling rank order: Folia farfarae (coltsfoot), fructus foeniculi (fennel), and fructus anisi (anise). Herba plantaginis (plantain), flores verbasci (torch weed), and radix liquiritiae (liquorice) were ineffective whereas semen foenigraeci (foenugrec), radix althaeae (marsh mallow), and herba thymi (mother of thyme) had an inhibiting effect in raising rank order."

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