Lungs will heal with help: Mullein

Hello,

While this will do little good for most of our parasite infestations, it can sure lend a hand in the symptoms that keep the infections happy.

And this is a plant that grows wild everywhere, pretty much, or easily planted by seed.

And this link site also gives you beautiful images of herbs and tells you what you can use them for. And remember, growing them and using them live is always the best way!

SMuse

http://www.ageless.co.za/herb-mullein.htm#Parts%20used


Mullein (flannel plant, Aaron's rod)
Verbascum thapsus

This page contains information on mullein and how it is used as a herb in alternative herbal treatments to treat ailments and problems, such as bronchitis, cough and earache.

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Botanical classification of mullein
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Description of mullein
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Parts used
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Properties of mullein
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Internal use
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External use
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Use of essential oil
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Safety precautions and warnings
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Used in the following products
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Herbal Index

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Although we believe in the therapeutic and healing properties of herbs, care must be taken in the use thereof, as they are powerful compounds.
Botanical Classification mullein

Family


Scrophulariaceae

Genus and specie


Verbascum thapsus
Other names

Great Mullein, Aaron's Rod, candlewick plant, flannel plant, lungwort, shepherd's staff, velvet dock and torches.
Description of the herb mullein kruie-produkte-ageless-herbal-products

Mullein is a hardy biennial with gray-green, woolly leaves and yellow flowers in the summer.
Parts used

The dried flower petals are used, and the leaves are smoked as a substitute for tobacco.
Properties

It is a bitter, cooling, mucilaginous herb that promotes healing and soothes the tissues. It has diuretic, analgesic, expectorant, and antiseptic properties.

It contains triterpene saponins (including verbascosaponin), mucilage, iridoid glycosides (aucubin, catalpol) flavonoids and phenolic acids.
Therapeutic uses cough

* Internal use
o The saponins contained in the herb help to loosen and remove mucus from the lungs, while the mucilage soothes the mucus membranes and the iridoid glycosides help to fight inflammation.
o Internally, it is used for coughs, whooping cough, bronchitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, tracheitis, asthma, influenza, tuberculosis, urinary tract infections, nervous tension, and insomnia.
o Although it is particularly effective to loosen mucus in the lungs it also shows some success with reducing water retention.
o Historically it was also used for genito-urinary tract infections.
* External use
o Externally, mullein is used to treat earache, specifically chronic otitis media (the flowers are macerated in olive oil), sores, eczema (especially around the ear), wounds, boils, rheumatic pain, hemorrhoids and chilblains.
* Aromatherapy and essential oil use
o None noted.

Safety precautions and warnings earache

None noted.
Used in the following of our products herb

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