![]() A poultice can be made by soaking a fresh Mullein leaf in boiled water and tying it with sticking plaster or bandage around a broken bone e.g. Antimicrobial action assists treatment of respiratory tract infection. Saponins aid expectoration and help make mucous less viscid. ![]() Respiratory system – bronchitis, respiratory catarrh, colds, coughs, tuberculosis, pleurisy, whooping cough. Main medicinal actions:Įxpectorant, Anticatarrhal, Lung tonic, demulcent, vulnerary. Minerals – iron, magnesium, potassium, sulphur. Verbascoside, Aucubin, harpagoside, harpagide (Iridoid glycosides), Triterpenoid saponins, Mucilage, Volatile oil, Flavonoids – runtin, lutolin, hesperidin, Polysaccharides, Sterols, Resins, Bitter principle. There are no current warnings, precautions, or contraindications to the use of Mullein medicinally. Verbascum blattaria ‘the white Mullein’ is mostly in Auckland though occasionally found as far south as the Wairarapa region. Of the four species growing in New Zealand, Verbascum thapsus ‘the woolly Mullein’ which is especially prolific in paddocks right through the Hawkes Bay and also in the South Island and Verbascum virgatum ‘the moth Mullein’ are the most common. Verbascum thapsus has flowers on one main unbranched stem occurring as a large spike. Mullein grows to more than a metre in height. ![]() Mullein is a biennial plant, the first year growing as a rosette of downy leaves, and the second year sending up a tall spike with yellow flowers in Summer. In New Zealand Mullein is a naturalised weed which favours poor, stony, disturbed ground and dry soil and is often to be found growing on roadsides. Mullein is a native of Europe and Western Asia. Scrophulariaceae family of plants (as in Snapdragon). Mullein, Aaron’s rod Verbascum thapsus is also known as Great Mullein or flannel Mullein. Verbascum thapsus Download info sheet Common names:
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