FREE: Mullein seeds (WONDERFUL MEDICINAL AND BEAUTIFUL PLANT)

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You will receive a teaspoon of seeds.

It flowers during July and August. these pictures are from my garden and the plants I harvested the seeds from.

Most of the flowers are capable of selffertilization in default of insect visits.

Mullein grows mostly on dry soils.

Towards the top of the stalk, which grows frequently 4 or even 5 feet high, and in gardens has been known to attain a height of 7 or 8 feet.

All kinds of insects are attracted by this plant, the Honey Bee, Humble Bee, some of the smaller wild bees.

The down on the leaves and stem makes excellent tinder when quite dry, readily igniting on the slightest spark, and was, before the introduction of cotton, used for lamp wicks, hence another of the old names: 'Candlewick Plant'

Both in Europe and Asia the power of driving away evil spirits was ascribed to the Mullein. In India it has the reputation among the natives that the St. John's Wort once had here.
For medicinal purposes it is generally collected from wild specimens, but is worthy of cultivation, not merely from its beauty as an ornamental plant, but also for its medicinal value.
Its cultivation is easy: being a hardy biennial, it only requires sowing in very ordinary soil and to be kept free from weeds.

It is good for pulmonary problems, ringworm, hemmoroids, frost bite, bruises, and earache. Mullein oil is a valuable destroyer of disease germs. The fresh flowers, steeped for 21 days in olive oil, are said to make an admirable bactericide. It has proved beneficial for migraine or sick headache of long standing, with oppression of the ear.

This is in no way medical advice. I am ply passing along information I have researched online. I myself have used some of these remedies and I had good results.