Lycopus communisLycopus membranaceus Lycopus virginicus is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by many common names, including Virginia water horehound,[2] American water hoarhound, sweet bugleweed, water bugle, carpenter's herb, green archangel, purple archangel, wolf foot,[3] and Egyptian's herb.

[1] This is a perennial herb with a hairy, squared stem reaching a meter tall.

The oppositely arranged leaves have oval to lance-shaped blades with toothed edges.

It was also used for anxiety, insomnia, and respiratory ailments such as pneumonia, bronchitis, hemoptysis, and chronic cough.

[4] In Native American tradition, the Iroquois considered the plant poisonous, but the Cherokee found it useful for treating snakebite in people and in dogs.