How To Make Mullein Tincture & It's Uses

Hey guys I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend! For this holiday video we make some Mullein Tincture for use as an expectorant. Mullein is a common roadside herb that has a reputation for boosting the immune system and relieving chest congestion. There are a lot of ways to use this plant for medicine but I prefer the tincture form the most as I find it easiest to use.

Mullein tincture can be made with any species of Mullein and like my other tincture videos we use vodka as a menstruum due it's cost and effectiveness. When you gather your Mullein for medicine it's best to gather leaves and flowers if you can, however the leaves from a first year rosette will work fine. Once you have your leaves and or flowers, clean them up then fill a mason jar to the one cup mark with fresh herb. After that simply cover with your extractant of choice, cover, and let sit for 4 - 8 weeks, strain and bottle for an effective herbal remedy to relieve chest congestion.

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[phoenixhoneybee]

I’ve had this dry cough for months-I’d cough at work, on the bus, at home trying to relax. I sucked on cough drops, used cough syrup-everything and the cough just wouldn’t go away! I went to the store today and got a mullein tincture, dropped some in water and boom the cough is gone! Yippee!

[nathanreed]

I took a flower that was growing at work. I seeded areas of my back yard. Mullein likes poor soil conditions and withstands drought with zero problem. My plants are all over 7 feet tall, one in 9" 4:" I smoke it, drink it as tea, make infused oil and now I'll make your tincture. Thank you!

[peziki]

You will get a better tincture if you drain off the liquid in 3 wks, discard the leaves. Repack w/fresh mullein; pour the same liquid into the new batch, it will concentrate its efficacy. Do this w/all tincture productions.

[whiskeycreekunique]

My grandmother would collect the flowers and soak them in olive oil...using the oil for ear aches. she used this mixture on me when I was a little kid. it felt so good.

[escapefromny]

RE: Equal parts sold and liquid (by volume). To measure out a one to one of a liquid and solid (that will be mixed together) the best way to do it is by measuring the liquid first. For example, using a 2 cup liquid measuring cup, add 1 cup of the liquid first. Then add your leaves until the liquid line rises to 2 cups. The displacement of the liquid, until it reaches the 2 cup mark, insures you have equal volume of solid to liquid - one cup of each.

[oregonnursenurse]

I bought the foraging book. I’m excited to start my own medicine apothecary!!! God has given us EVERYTHING WE NEED!

In my opinion, I feel, especially during this time, we really need to rely on God for our health and not big pharma. Our food supply is threatened and we need to ask God to help us prepare. We are growing our own garden now! We will be canning and dehydrating the food.

[mipueblo]

Just discovered this mullen stuff. It's growing all round here in Spain.

[jamboalive]

Dude use the stalk leaves flowers and root! This is my go to when i get sick.

[Humble-Daniel]

There are a lot of mullein plants in my area, but I never knew what they were until I learned about it in your videos. I've learned so much from you. I'm very grateful for your channel Josh. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[sharkitty]

What is a good dosage for the tincture?

[beffis]

It it is pronounced mull-in but this is a great video. ❤ you can also put a clean rock on the top to ensure that it stays under the liquid, which is super important

[yessicapeters]

I have dried mullein as well as some fresh I just packed today. Maybe I will use the dry stuff for tea?? And the fresh to make my tincture. First time here. Enjoyed the video thanks for the tips.

[SherrieAllen]

I can hardly wait to try this. We are starting to see shortages here on the grocery store shelves again so I'm trying to learn and stock up what I can. Always need a good cough remedy. Thank you very much. ~Sherrie in South Carolina

[idipped]

I collected wild plants and was only able to find one mullein across many different locations. I uprooted it and replanted it with some other wild plants I found such as daisy fleabane, wild strawberry, yarrow, and goldenrod. Hopefully I can replace the bad plants in my garden such as belladonna and shaggy soldier with useful plants next year

[appropriatelyinappropriate]

Thanks Trillium! Every time I go to research, you have a video already posted! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!

[BrendaSmith]

Thank you! I have so many plants of this in my backyard. 😬 I have nasty cough and I don’t have the tincture ready but will make some tea.

[Lynnaraye]

It treats earaches and ear infections too ..I didn't know that ! ..I was just about to search for a way to fight ear infections naturally. Yay :D

[amybritt]

After you get your medicine made. How do you take it ? What is the dose ?

[annaleedaughterofYHWH]

If I only have dried Mullien, is it worth it to still make this? I won’t have any fresh until next year. (I also would like to add Red Clover, but I only have dried foraged to use?) Please advise (: please and thank you 🙏

[babydollem]

This used to grow wild on a hill top that was annexed by the city a year ago for housing development 🙄.. after years.. and I mean years of attempting to get it to grow in my yard I finally have a yard full 🥰 my great grandmother used the flowers for ear aches and the tincture for chest congestion 🤔 altho at a young age I never knew what she used for it lol now i know 😂 and thank you frocorrecting how I say it lol no wonder no one had any idea what I was talking about 😂😂 how long will it last? I so have to cut my grass and theres no way around not mowing some of them down 😥.