Common mullein
Common mullein is one of the plants of the family called Noricaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Verbascum thapsus L.
As for the name of the common mullein family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Description of common mullein
Common mullein is a biennial herbaceous plant, the height of which can reach about one to one and a half meters. Such a plant will be endowed with a straight stem and rather large, woolly-tomentose, densely pubescent leaves pressed to the stem. Flowers, colored yellow, will be collected at the very top of the stem into a spike-shaped inflorescence.
Common mullein blooms from June to August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the European part of Russia, Belarus, Altai, Crimea, Central Asia, the Caucasus, as well as in Western and Eastern Siberia.
Description of the medicinal properties of common mullein
Common mullein is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the leaves and flowers of this plant for medicinal purposes. It is recommended to collect such raw materials throughout the entire flowering period of the plant, however, only in dry weather.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of common mullein iridoids, triterpene saponins, mucus, gum, coumarin, resin, carotene, tannins, sugar, ascorbic acid, flavonoids and traces of essential oil.
As a sedative that will reduce the activity of the cerebral cortex, it is recommended to take a ten percent decoction of flowers with the addition of honey immediately before bed.
A decoction and infusion prepared from the flowers and sometimes from the leaves of common mullein should be used as an emollient, expectorant and enveloping agent for pneumonia and cough, and also for various gastrointestinal diseases. It should be noted that this plant will also be included in breast teas.
This plant can also be used as a diuretic. A decoction prepared from the leaves and roots of common mullein is recommended to drink for bronchial asthma, shortness of breath, chronic cystitis, gastritis, bronchitis, enterocolitis, colitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, colds, headaches, rheumatism, diarrhea, liver and spleen diseases.
In addition, common mullein is present in preparations that are used for baths for scrofula and rickets. It is recommended to make compresses from a decoction of the leaves of this plant, prepared in milk, for lichen, ulcers, abscesses and purulent wounds.
The dry herb powder of this plant can be used topically to treat non-healing wounds and cracks in the skin. As for the aqueous decoction of common mullein, this remedy is widely used for various nervous disorders, diarrhea and epilepsy. The flowers of this plant are recommended to be brewed as tea and consumed in the presence of edema. For tracheitis, take seventy-five grams of dry matter per glass of water. This mixture is boiled for four to five minutes, then cooled and filtered very carefully. Take the resulting healing remedy three to four times a day, two tablespoons. To achieve the greatest effectiveness when taking such a remedy, you should strictly observe all the standards for its preparation, as well as follow all the rules for its administration: in this case, a positive result will be noticeable quite quickly.
