DESCRIPTION: Mullein is a biennial plant, meaning it has a two (2) year Lifecycle. It has large, woolly leaves that almost feel like thick soft felt. It has tall stalks that produce yellow flowers. It has a long storied history of medicinal uses for supporting respiratory health, skin and ear issues. Mullein can be used as an oil, tea, salve, poultice or tincture, and its dried leaves are sometimes smoked for respiratory benefits.

Mullein is also well known in the camping, survival and earthy people world as 'nature's toilet paper'.

POTENTIAL BENEFITS: Mullein is well-known as a respiratory relieving herb, but has many other healing uses and influences, including uses for the skin and ears. Mullein be used as a muscle stimulant to increase blood pressure, smooth muscles and increase the contraction of the intestine and the uterus.

Mullein offers anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties.

Mullein can be used in respiratory health as an expectorant clearing mucus from the lungs, it can help with earaches, skin conditions and wound healing (used as a poultice), it has been used for hemorrhoids and bruising.

Its anti-inflammatory properties help with arthritis and digestive issues. Mullein leaves that have been soaked in a carrier oil can be wrapped around joints along with a plastic wrap around the leaf to hold it in place, to help with arthritis symptoms.

POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS: None known unless of course one is allergic to the plant

PARTS USED: Flower, Leaves, Stamen, Roots

GENERAL USAGE: May be used daily. Mullein may be used as an 'infused oil' to make topicals or an oil for the ear. It may dried (dehydrated) and used as a tea. The herb can be used to make a tincture used by mouth using a dropper or to put into a drink. Mullein can also be used as an infused oil to make salves and ointments. It can also be dried and smoked, with a filter, to help clear the lungs.

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