Mullein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Saturn

Element: Fire

Medicinal Uses: Mullein is a great expectorant- soothing coughs and congestion and loosening phlegm. It also has very mild sedative properties. As such, it is the perfect tea for colds. Be sure, however, to strain the tea through a cloth bag before serving to remove the tiny hairs that will cause even more suffering through mouth and throat irritation. The tea with a bit of milk is also useful in the treatment of diarrhea.

A sweetened infusion of the flowers, carefully strained can also be used to treat colic.

Poultices of the leaves can be used for hemorrhoids.

Infusing bruised leaves in olive oil yields a useful treatment for frost bite and burns. The warmed oil can also be dropped into the ear to treat ear infections as well. This oil will have anti-bacterial properties.

Tincture of this herb are useful for migraines and chronic inner-ear disorders. Take 8 to 10 drops of tincture several times a day with cold water.

Magical Uses: If you are making your own candles for ritual, consider using the stalks for the wicks. It is considered a sure safe guard against evil spirits and magic.

Powdered it can be used in spells that call for graveyard dirt.

It  protects you in your sleep to combat both evil spirits and nightmares. As it helps one to fall asleep when ingested, it makes an excellent tea to encourage prophetic dreams and as an aid in lucid dreaming or astral travel while asleep.

Common names: Common Mullein, Great Mullein, White Mullein, Woolly Mullein, Torches, Mullein Dock, Our Lady’s Flannel, Velvet Dock, Blanket Herb, Velvet Plant, Woolen Rag, Woolen, Rag Paper, Candlewick Plant, Wild Ice Leaf, Clown’s Lungwort, Bullocks Lungwort, Aaron’s Rod, Jupiter’s Staff, Jacob’s Staff, Peter’s Staff, Shepherd’s Staff, Shepherd’s Clubs, Beggar’s Stalk, Golden Rod, Adam’s Flannel, Beggar’s Blanket, Clot, Cuddy’s Lungs, Duffle, Feltwort, Fluffweed, Hare’s Beard, Old Man’s Flannel, Hag’s Taper, Hedge Taper, Candelaria, Quaker Rouge, Graveyard Dirt

Contraindications: The little fuzzy hairs which cover every inch of this plant are very irritating to the skin and mucus membranes. Use care when collecting, and always strain liquids with mullein in them very well to remove the little hairs before ingesting.

 

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