Velvetblack



Mullein
verbascum thapsus
verbascum thapus
Scrophularace

CONSTITUENTS
Mucilage and gum, saponins, volatile oil
flavonoids including rutin
hesperidin and VERBASCOSIDE
glycosides including aucubin.

MERIDIANS
lungs
stomach

PRECAUTIONS
high vata

PARTS USED
leaves
flowers
oil
seeds
roots

MEDICINAL PURPOSES
it is generally collected from wild specimens,
but is worthy of cultivation, not merely
from its beauty as an ornamental plant,
but for its medicinal value, which is undoubted.
In most parts of Ireland, besides growing wild,
it is carefully cultivated in gardens,
because of a steady demand for the plant
by sufferers from pulmonary consumption.

Fresh Mullein leaves are used for the purpose
of making a homoeopathic tincture.

Preparation and Dosage
Fluid extract, 1/2 to 1 drachm.

Decoction of mullein roots
was held to be an alleviation for toothache,
and good for cramps and convulsions,
and an early morning draught of the distilled
water of the flowers to be good for gout.

Mullein juice and powder made from the dried roots
rubbed on rough warts was said to quickly remove them,
though it was not recommended
as equally efficacious for smooth warts.

CONDITIONS
swollen glands
earache
mumps
nerve pain
insomnia
diarrhoea
dysentery
hemorrhoids
eye inflammations
ringworm

INDICATIONS
bronchitis
tracheitis
asthma
cough
hoarseness
whooping cough
sore throat
tuberculosis
hay fever
dyspnea
sinusitis
cough

Mucus membrane hemorrhage
particularly in the lungs or intestines.


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