Mullein itches.
The aboveground parts of mullein (Verbascum spp.) are covered in itchy hairs.
And yes, that includes the flowers.
So when I make a mullein oil (on a waterbath), I don't strain through a cheesecloth, no, I use a large coffee filter and let things drip through overnight.
When I make a mullein tea, I don't strain through a sieve, no, it's a coffee filter.
And when I make a mullein tincture, that, too, is strained through a coffee filter - unless I percolated, in which case straining through something rather tighter than a sieve or a cheesecloth is included in the making of the tincture.
The roots aren't covered in hair, and they're fairly nice for things like tightening up the trigone muscle at the base of the bladder. It helps with incontinence. Of course, doing kegels helps even more, so combine the two if you're dribbling as you walk, or sit, or cough, or sneeze. Jim uses the root for other things, but I forget what. Jim?
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Fascinating. You don't use
Fascinating. You don't use the aboveground parts in the same way, do you?
For herbal teas: go to the
For herbal teas: go to the library and get any herbal at all.
For herbal tinctures: read this.
... your mullein doesn't itch? I think you might want to re-confirm that plant ID. No mulleins I know would be nice rubbed on the face - they'd ITCH.
... as to fibromyalgia, that's a wastebasket diagnosis, not a disease. Try to go completely gluten-free for 2 weeks and see how you feel, then try completely dairy-free for 2 weeks and see how you feel, then (if neither shows as the culprit by a severe reduction of symptoms) try a gluten- and dairy-free diet for two weeks. Then try the one food she can't live without, be it eggs, citrus fruit, or whatnot, and do without that.
If none of those help, find a herbalist to work with, locally, against payment.