This flavoring and medicinal botanical is approved to treat excessive perspiration, burns, and wounds. Its most frequent use in homeopathy is also for excessive perspiration. The active compounds are caffeic acids such as chlorogenic acid, triterpenes including ursolic acid, diterpenes such as carnosolic acid, volatile oils including thujone and camphor and flavonoids such as apigenin – and luteolin-7-glucosides. These active compounds provide astringent, secretolytic, antiperspirant, fungistatic, virostatic, and bactericidal effects.
This herb is contraindicated in pregnancy but has no other health hazards. It is administered via juice, tincture, and distillate for infusion, gargle, rinse, compress, and poultice (3).