Use with meat dishes and stuffing, shellfish, in cottage or cream cheese, salad dressings, sauces and soups. It aids digestion of fat and contains Vitamin C. Main medicinal role is as an antiseptic used externally on wounds or internally for respiratory and digestive infections, an expectorant, an antispasmodic and a carminative. An excellent cough remedy, easing sore throats and soothing irritable coughs. As a tea use as remedy for headaches and other nervous ailments, plus it prevents mildew.