How To Identify Common Mullein - Medicinal Plants

Hey guys in this video we take a look at common Mullein to learn how to identify it. Common Mullein or Verbascum thaspus s it's known by it's scientific name is a popular and common medicinal plant that can be used for a decongestant. Identifying it is easy thanks to its unique features like a tall flowers pike with intermittent flowers. The flower buds resemble hops flowers, or even a brussel sprout, out of which a yellow flower with five petals will come out. The leaves of Common Mullein are very large and ovate in structure, being simple along the margins with no teeth or lobes. The leaves alternate down the stem and the leaf margin connects to the main stem of the plant. The alternate growing pattern of its ovate leaves and its tall flower spike with yellow five petaled flowers makes Mullein an easy plant to identify.
The plant is a biennial, meaning in its first year it grows in a basal rosette then the second year it sends up a flower spike to produce seed. The leaves, flowers, and stem can all be used for medicine and it has uses for a decongestant and some immune boosting properties. The plant can be used dried or fresh in teas or tinctures for clearing he throat and lungs of excess mucous.

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