Mullein the common name for Verbascum, the Velvet Plant

This beautiful bright yellow flowered herb, usually a biennial or perennial plant, can grow up to three meters tall, through a very strong stalk which often cannot be seen because of its multitude of heavy leaves.

The Verbascum herb is native to Asia and Europe with a vast majority diverse species coming from the Mediterranean.

With respect to its medicinal properties, this plant has a number of benefits to supporting good health in both strengthening and healing capacities; it has been known to help with the easing of bowel pains, a successful decoction has been made by boiling two ounces of the leaves in a quart of water for twenty minuets, giving two to three ounces every three of more hours, for best results using this herb, please contact an experienced herbalist.  A herbalist will also be able to advise you on how to use this natural herb to ease toothache, also in using the juice from the leaves with a decoction of sage, marjoram and chamomile, there have been some significant effects in helping with cramps in the sinews and joints.

Red, tender swollen hot joints, best known as gout can also be treated with three ounces of distilled water from the flowers drank morning and night, again for best advice contact an experienced herbalist.  Worts have been treated and removed by using the juice from the flowers and the leaves, or the powder of the dried roots rubbed on them can also help remove them.

Certain decoctions of this herb have also been helpful with reducing tumors, swellings and inflammations of the throat.