Marshmallow is not only for coughs
In Diyadin and Doğubayazıt, marshmallow is not only drunk for coughs: for back pain, the dried herb is steeped and massaged onto the painful spot, often together with cupping. A folk treatment that uses the plant, the cup and the hand together.
Source: Oğuz Doğan, “Diyadin ve Doğubayazıt Yöresi Halk Hekimliğinde Kullanılan Yabani Bitkiler”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi 13(1), 2023 (Doğan, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 2023). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.
Hollyhock in the years without soap