Mullein Leaves - Why Harvest Mullein, When to Harvest Mullein, and How to ID Mullein

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Mullein - Verbascum thapsus

Mullein is a wild medicinal plant with a lot of different medicinal uses. Different parts of the mullein plant can be harvested and used for different reasons like the mullein roots use to moisten joins, the mullein flowers to use for earaches, and the mullein leaves to use with dry respiratory ailments. Some people might not be sure what parts of the mullein plant they want to use or when the best times to harvest the different parts of the plant. In this video is show how to ID mullein, discuss reasons for harvesting and using mullein leaves, and discuss what time of the year I think would be the best time to harvest the leaves.

Mullein leaves can easily be used to make a tea and they can also be smoked. Mullein is often used for respiratory ailments, and there are a lot of other medicinal uses for mullein described in this video.

Please consume wild plants at your own risk! Consult multiple reliable sources before consuming any wild plants! This video is for information and entertainment only!

References

De La Foret; Han, Emily. Wild Remedies: How to Froage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. Hay House, Inc. 2020.

Kloos, Scott. Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants. Timber Press, Inc. 2017

MacKinnon, A. Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada. Lone Pine Media Productions (BC) Ltd. 2014.

Parish, R.; Coupe, R.; and Lloyd, D. Plants of the Inland Northwest and Southern Interior British Columbia. BC Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing. 2018

Turner, N. J. Food Plants of Interior First Peoples. Royal BC Museum. 2007

Wiles, Briana. Mountain States Medicinal Plants. Timber Press Inc. 2018.

All Comments (21)

@OkanaganGardenerandForager 1 year ago

Here's a video that shows harvesting, drying, storing, and using mullein three different ways. https://youtu.be/nxQdjv4Oegc
@OrthodoxInquirer 8 months ago

My grandfather had a compound fracture from playing football and got gangrene. They were going to amputate his leg the next morning. The sweet black lady who worked for his family in North Georgia, Minnie House, sat up with him all night with his leg propped up on a chair and a pot of water as hot as she could stand it with mullein in it. She would take the mullein and doodle it down in the hole in his leg. She worked with him all night and in the morning his leg and shrunk back down to normal size. The doctor arrived and was shocked that Grandpa didn't need the amputation!
@TheDonwiggins 21 days ago

I took a walk down a closed road today that I don't normally walk. I was called to find a TON of mullein.
@thevagabondsageinthewoods 11 months ago

Actually I don’t try to complicate my harvest. I have mullein, “Queen Mullein” I call her growing all over this place. She was the first plant ally I met and she had 7 thistle growing around her…I called those her “guards”! 😂 She has saved my life! I used her leaves in tea when I was very sick. Together, with strawberries and honey, I managed to recover. I let her stalks grow and woodpeckers eat her seeds. Pollinators of every type hide and hunt amongst her large leaves and caterpillars morph there as well. She grows everywhere around me. She is my “spirit plant”. I use her tincture daily because I have a throat condition and she soothes that. Great vid.❤
@mrbuck5059 7 months ago

This plant grows everywhere and it has healing properties. I'm surprised the government hasn't tried to eradicate it.
@tobytails4650 21 days ago

I make mullein tea for my horse for his cough and he loves it!!
@Oldboy1978 1 month ago

I've used it for toilet paper at the creeks not bad!!!
@pennypetrovic3682 9 months ago

Best video I’ve seen yet
@pats9055 1 year ago

Thanks! You answered my questions. Want to harvest some.
@LH-zw7dg 11 months ago

I need to try some Mullein! Thanks for the video!
@mr-vet 1 year ago

Have these plants all over my 3-acre property (live an hour west of DC, in Virginia)….seems like their one of the few plants deer and rabbits don’t like…..
@emmalee478 1 year ago

Awesome! Love how you explain why you harvest when you do!
@jayisola6787 9 months ago

This Guy cracks me up! He'd be fun to hang out with.
@whybecuzimme 9 months ago

Hello, I just crossed your channel. Thank you for this video. I look forward to watching all your others. I love learning about this.
@janeschreiner5000 1 year ago

Bees love the flowers. It is an interesting looking plant. I have twelve of them this year.
@kimgallegos6811 11 months ago

I have lots of mullen! Thank you!
@annschultz6262 11 months ago

Thank you!
@user-fz8si7mw4f 1 year ago

Thank you!!!!
@zabrinagraves7059 8 months ago

Thank you the video! Was outside Manama exploring. Pretty sure I found some but wasn’t 100%. Now I’m sure that’s what we found! So much of it too!! Found Blue Elderberries too!!
@ShellyEdwards-ul9zf 21 days ago

I need to start looking for this all I see around my area is wild lettuce , plantain and dandelions 😊oh yea and Queen Anne’s lace