His fields were red with sorrel, or run over with mullein. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
"Do you make a cough syrup from the root of mullein, too?". From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Ayla smelled sage, and less pronounced, mullein and lobelia. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
The common name that I know this species by is wooly mullein. From Wordnik.com. [The insects come for our intrepid blogger and his husband.] Reference
If I just had some mullein leaves now to make compresses with!. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha at Ivy Hall] Reference
June will give the bellflower, mullein, bee balm and foxglove. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
First mullein flower spikes showing, also sumac flower masses. From Wordnik.com. [Not raining] Reference
Scrophulariaceæ; but the old Irish remedy is the great mullein, or. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
The patient was put as much as possible on the mullein treatment only. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
If mullein be introduced into water it will kill fish in its vicinity. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
It combines very well with other upper respiratory herbs such as mullein. From Wordnik.com. [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference
If injured, a bear can heal itself by touching the herb phlome or mullein. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
When a body had dropsy we'd set him in a tepid bath made of mullein leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
He mounted a mullein leaf and sang, and sang, and sang, until Professor Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
There wave the cotton-rush, the tall fox-glove, and the taller golden mullein. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827] Reference
They afterwards cured these sores by applying fresh mullein leaves to heal them. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
If you have mullein root available, chop it finely and add it to the tea as well. From Wordnik.com. [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference
Garlic oil can be dropped into the ear, along with mullein oil, if you suspect infection. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Healing for Baby and Child] Reference
Daytime coughing responds well to the healing properties of comfrey, mullein, and garlic. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Healing for Baby and Child] Reference
For a sprain or a bruise you would get mullein leaves and put it on there and that truly works. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Nancy Holt, October 27, 1985. Interview K-0010. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The young giant crossed the brook, passed the willow, found the mullein stalk, and counted the daffodils. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Stories] Reference
"And not half so tall as one of my leaves that I must line with velvet," interrupted the mullein-stalk again. From Wordnik.com. [Dreamland] Reference
Pinetops, mullein and fat light'ood splinters was biled together and de tea was our cure for diff'unt ailments. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Then the milkweed and the mullein-stalk bowed very gravely and respectfully to the little dandelions, and said. From Wordnik.com. [Dreamland] Reference
The garment was light, surprisingly warm, and slightly prickly, like the leaves of a mullein plant in late summer. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
They'd go to drugging themselves with boneset tea, and mullein tea, and bitter-root powders and wahoo bark, said Gray. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
As much as possible, however, they were left to the mullein -- a proceeding which was entirely satisfactory to themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
Burdock leaves, cabbage leaves, and mullein leaves, are used in the same manner, to alleviate pain and promote perspiration. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
One time I had a sneezing spell and Aunt Maria made me sit for ages with mullein leaves dipped in hot vinegar stuck onto my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha at Ivy Hall] Reference
The mullein plant boiled in milk is liked by the patients; in watery infusion it is disagreeable, and the succus is still more so. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
Tall mullein stalks reared their spires on the hillside; and here and there were little plats white with thick strawberry blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Go through the meadow, and count a hundred daffodils; then turn to your right, and walk until you find a mullein stalk that is bent. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Stories] Reference
Could you have identified the subtle smell of mullein, masked by the heavy aroma of sage, so quickly if you hadn't known it was there?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
As well as marigolds, mullein, and lacy phacelias. From Wordnik.com. [Interchangeable Parts] Reference
Of mullein flowers about five thousand pounds used to be imported, chiefly from Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Three Acres and Liberty] Reference
With his free hand, he moved aside the leaves of mullein that had grown in the interstices. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin] Reference
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