Mullein - Verbascum thapsus

Common Mullein is one of the cornerstones of traditional Southern herbal medicine. It is used for conditions ranging from insomnia to bronchitis.

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[Southernherbalist]

Of course, I did not have the opportunity to study herbs with the "First Prime for the Elder of the 7th seat" as you are and had to settle with an old herb doctor who began practicing herbal medicine in 1915 and did so until 1996.

[Southernherbalist]

In the future, if you want to post your opinion on my videos, feel free to do so but leave the "WTF" stuff off or don't post. I guess I had better go back and rewrite the books I have published on the subject of herbs and go back to learning from people who obviously know more than I could have learned from roaming the woods of the South with Tommie Bass for 12 years. He was so respected for his knowledge of plants that Duke University researched him and the Wall Street Journal wrote of him.

[Southernherbalist]

That does not mean that everyone has nightmares but a certain percentage do which is the reason I steer people away from using the outer leaves in concentrated form. In batches of cough medicine where it is just one ingredient among many, it is not an issue. Unless you know everyone in the world who has used mullein or have used it with thousands of people as I have in 30 years of herbal practice, don't make assumptions. My mentor who dug herbs for 81 years knew many people who had this issue.

[Southernherbalist]

The entire plant contains rotenone - a potent insecticide. Enough so that I have used it to stun fish and "fiddle" worms. I have used this plant for 30 years and am one of those people sensitive to the amount in the larger leaves. It causes extremely vivid, uncomfortable dreams bordering on nightmares with me and I have known at least a dozen cases in people I have worked with. I also know lots of people who do not have this reaction, so yes they can give you nightmares.

[TAMYCRON]

Outer leaves are insecticide?! I don't think so. I make tea from them all the time. And no, they don't "give you nightmares" either... lol! WTF?!

[defiantloser]

I would play with this as a little boy I see it all the time. I called it Indian toilet paper (don't mean to be offensive to native Americans) this is good information to know. It's funny I used a dried second year stalk as kindling to start a fire yesterday then come across the name of its uses today.

[BJBOBBIJO]

I get confused as to what parts are the flowers. Is the entire flower stalk there at the tip of the plant considered the flower or just the tiny little yellow flowers attached to it?

[tgsnod]

Great info Darryl. Funny how the 3 herbs you present are my favorites (except that I like usnea over the reindeer moss....). Love the Mullein. Have made tea out of it and slept like a baby.