Sarah V. (Weed, Ca) on 08/28/2021

The reason for my post, I feel compelled to share a resource that has far exceeded anything else I have tried. Believe me when I say I have tried everything to help my lungs during my stent with covid. Struggling with allergies and asthma my whole life, I am no stranger to the inability to breathe. After trying anything I can to avoid Dr.'s some things help more than others but nothing, oh nothing works like a weed you find everywhere, called mullein.

Find it from nature so lessen the chances of round-up and glyphosate, clean with soap and water, string leaves up to dry, crush the fuzzy soft leaves up, roll up with zigzags and take 4-5 hits like a cigarette and witness the miracle.

The results are truly unbelievable, and I cannot stress enough just how wonderfully this plant works.

Replied By Mama to Many (TN) on 08/30/2021

Dear Health Coach,

Amazon sells a quality mullein leaf from Frontier.

If you make a tea or infusion, be sure to strain with a coffee filter before drinking as mullein has hairs that can be irritating.

You can also use that mullein leaf to make your own mullein oil. We use that for ear infections, too! (Ideally you make mullein oil with the flower of the mullein plant but that is tricky! ) The roots of the mullein plant made into a tincture or a salve are useful for pain, especially nerve pain.

Mullein is one of my favorite herbs!

~Mama to Many~

Replied By Tracey (Washington DC) on 01/16/2022

You would need the dried mullein leaves for inhalation. Some people smoke it but I burn it about a foot beneath me and inhale the smoke. You can buy it from Mountain Rose herbs or look for organic dried whole mullein leaves.

Replied By Trish (Puyallup, WA) on 01/24/2022

I would love to know more about mullein for nerve pain, if you can please share how to use and where to get it. My boyfriend has neuropathy in his feet - not due to diabetes. We have found that CBD also helps.

Thank you in advance, Trish

Replied By Joyce (Michigan) on 01/29/2022

What form of CBD do you use? Oil? Also is there certain strength or brand of CBD that you use? I don't smoke and don't want to start, but I would like to get off Motrin for my herniated disc pain.

Replied By Alex (Thessaloniki - Greece) on 09/28/2022

It is very dangerous smoking or vaping oily substances. Lipoid pneumonia can be caused. Many people who had put cannabis oil in their vaping machine, ended up in the hospital for this reason.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/what-is-lipoid-pneumonia

Replied By JGNY (New York) on 08/31/2021

I have mullein growing in my yard. Do you use the newest leaves at the top or is any leaf fine?

Replied By Mama to Many (TN) on 08/31/2021

Dear JGNY,

Herbalist Philip Fritchie says that if you are using mullein for smoke inhalation you should use the dried leaves of the first year. (Second year leaves have the long stalk with yellow flowers.) He says the first year leaves are most effective medicinally. (Though, personally I would use mullein leaves from first or second year, small or large, as long as they were healthy looking leaves, especially if the alternative is no mullein! This year the only mullein around me has been second year.)

Here is a great quote from Mr. Fritchie, "Mullein is a strong, self sowing biennial that is relatively easy to grow, loves poor soil and once established thrives on neglect." It is my kind of plant. :)

~Mama to Many~

Replied By JGNY (Ny) on 09/21/2021

Thanks mama to many, I don't wish to smoke mullein but turn it into a tincture, which recently found a few instructions and completed it. Now waiting 6 weeks to completion. :) I also made a lemon balm tincture too! :) Can't wait to try them!

Replied By Mama to Many (TN) on 01/25/2022

Dear Trish,

I read about using Mullein root for nerve pain and skeletal pain a number of years ago. I have found little information about it, but I will share what I know and have tried.

What initially intrigued me what that mullein root was reputed to increase synovial fluid, making it easier for disks to move and get re-aligned. And, once I got ahold of some mullein root tincture and tried it, it did seem to accomplish that, applied directly to the skin over the vertebrae in my neck. My neck would loosen up and I could get it to pop.

I kept tucked away that mullein root tincture was indicated for trigeminal neuralgia and nerve pain. (Either by massaging the tincture into the area in question or by taking 6 drops of the tincture 3-4 times a day.)

It is also not easy to find Mullein Root tincture though now I see some sell it on etsy. Here is where I bought some years ago and found it helpful:

Mullein Root Tincture - Beneficial Botanicals

I have not found a source for the mullein roots other than wildharvesting. But due to the prevalence of poison ivy and ticks where I might try to harvest it, I have done little of it. I recently ordered mullein seeds to get my own patch of mullein growing so I can easily harvest leaves, flowers and roots, all of which are wonderfully useful.

Here is an article with some useful information about Mullein, including some guidance for smoking the leaf (very hard to find info on that!) and for using the root.

Another herb to know about for neuropathy is burdock root. Many years ago my doctor said the pain in my hands was neuropathy. He said I could take tylenol and that I would have to live with it.

I found that Philip Fritchie recommended Burdock root for neuropathy in his book, "Practial Herbalism." I took 2 capsules of burdock root twice daily for several months and it seemed to solve my issue and it never returned. Burdock tea may be an even better option. Steeping burdock in hot water allows more time for the medicinal properties to be extracted than by digestion alone. But those capsules did seem to work!

I hope you find a good solution for your boyfriend's pain!

~Mama to Many~

Replied By Trish (Puyallup, WA) on 03/16/2022

Dear Mama to Many,

Thank you so much for all the remedies and where to find them. I also thank you for sharing your experiences. We will be trying to find them and start incorporating them. I will let you know how it has worked for my boyfriend when he's had a good dosage of them. You are a wonderful wealth of knowledge, who I feel I can trust.