FREE: 1/8 teaspoon Mullein Seeds

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Plant Description

The mullein plant can grow to a height of about 7 feet with leaves that grow as large as 50 cm long. The pale grey leaves are covered with silver and felt like hairs. The flowers are yellow by nature and occupy approximately half of the stem.

Mullein flowers from November through March and is considered by many agricultural businesses to be a weed and more of a nuisance than anything.

Plant Parts Used

It is the mullein leaves and flowers that are used medicinally but the mullein root is said to aid with bladder incontinence. Fresh mullein leaves are also used for the purpose of making a homoeopathic tincture. Oil is made from the leaves and flower for medical purposes
Various Native American tribes used great mullein to help cure chest diseases. One such example is by the Navajos who would mix it with tobacco and smoke it to relieve coughing spasms. The Mohicans, however, would mix it with molasses, making a tea and use it as a cough medicine.
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