Mullein, Verbascum thapsus, can be found growing on hillsides, in ditches, pastures and roadsides. It is a bi-annual, meaning the first year it grows low to the ground, and in the second year it grows tall and flowers.

It is considered an all around remedy for lungs, especially when smoked, as it can get in even deeper.

Mullein also helps with:

• boils
• urinary dysfunction
• hemorrhoids
• asthma
• bronchitis
• flu
• toothaches
• earaches
• mouth and eye inflammation

I forage this plant in central MN.

I use the folk method for making all my tinctures, which uses no measurements except sizing things up with your eyes. So I put the plant material in a jar and then fill with alcohol.

Dosages -

Dosages for children are not provided in most herbals. To determine the correct dose you need to consider the size of the child, the ailment, the power of the herb you intend to use, and the adult dosage.

Young's Rule for determining dosage uses the child's age divided by twelve plus the age. The dosage for a 4 year old: 4/12+4 = 4/16 = 1/4 of the adult dose.