07/25/2025
🌿 MULLEIN IDENTIFICATION🌿
📌 Year 1 (Rosette Stage):
Low-growing rosette of large, fuzzy leaves
Leaves are soft, woolly, and light green to silvery-gray
Grows close to the ground, usually flat
📌 Year 2 (Flowering Stage):
Sends up a tall central stalk, up to 6–10 feet tall
Produces small yellow flowers on the spike (bloom from bottom up)
Stem and leaves still fuzzy or velvety
Prefers disturbed areas: roadsides, meadows, open fields
💡 BENEFITS & USES
🌬️ Respiratory Support
Soothes dry cough, bronchitis, asthma
Expectorant: helps clear mucus from lungs
Anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties
Great as tea, steam inhalation, or smoked
🍵 Tea Use
Made from dried leaves or flowers
Strain well (fine hairs can irritate throat)
Often used with mint, thyme, or coltsfoot
🔥 Smoked
Traditionally used to ease lung tightness and coughing
Sometimes blended with other herbs for smoking mixtures
🧴 Topical Uses
Infused oil (often with garlic) used for earaches
Crushed leaves can help with minor wounds, inflammation, or skin infections
Insect Repellent
🐛Dried leaves burned to keep insects away
⚠️ CAUTIONS
Don’t consume the seeds – they contain toxic saponins
Always strain tea well – fine hairs may irritate
