Mullien
Scientific Name(s): Verbascum thapsus
What: leaves
How: tea
Where: dry, sunny areas
When: summer, fall
Nutritional Value: medicinal
Other Uses: dried stalks used for fire drills, leaves used as lamp wicks,
Dangers: fine hairs on leaves can be an irritant.
2nd-year mullein plant
1st-year mullein plant
Close-up of flowers
Close-up of leaves
Mullein root.
Dried mullein stalk.
Closeup of dried mullein flowers/stalk.
Mullein tea is made from the leaves of a 1st-year plant and is considered a good cough suppressant. A similar tea can be made from the root after cleaning, peeling, and dicing. Although the leaves feel soft and fuzzy they do not make good “wild” toilet paper as the small hairs can get stuck in your skin which is very uncomfortable.
What: leaves
How: tea
Where: dry, sunny areas
When: summer, fall
Nutritional Value: medicinal
Other Uses: dried stalks used for fire drills, leaves used as lamp wicks,
Dangers: fine hairs on leaves can be an irritant.
2nd-year mullein plant
1st-year mullein plant
Close-up of flowers
Close-up of leaves
Mullein root.
Dried mullein stalk.
Closeup of dried mullein flowers/stalk.
Mullein tea is made from the leaves of a 1st-year plant and is considered a good cough suppressant. A similar tea can be made from the root after cleaning, peeling, and dicing. Although the leaves feel soft and fuzzy they do not make good “wild” toilet paper as the small hairs can get stuck in your skin which is very uncomfortable.
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I like the exchange idea!
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I’d love to do something like this! with herbs or flowers, or even tree branches and stuff. I’m not sure about shipping...
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