Mullein Uses & Plant Profile Summary:
- Botanical Name: Verbascum thapsus, V. olympicum, V. densiflorum, V. virgatum, V. blattaria, V. spp.
- Other Common Names: Western Wormwood, Western Mugwort, St. John’s Plant
- Family: Scrophulariaceae
- Parts Used: roots, leaves, flowers
- Energetics: roots: warm, dry; leaves: cool, moist; flowers: cool, moist
- Taste: sweet, salty
- Plant Properties:pectoral, demulcent, relaxant, lymphatic, modulates inflammation, possibly antiviral
- Plant Uses: relaxes lungs, soothes sore lungs, calms asthma, alleviates dry coughs, strengthens bladder muscles, addresses back pain, relieves earaches, tightens tissues of hemorrhoids
- Plant Preparations: tea (flowers), nourishing herbal infusion (leaves), decoction (roots), tincture (all parts), fomentation (leaves), infused oil (flowers), smoke (leaves)