MULLEIN

see figwort.

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books on: Mullein  - 273 results

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Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine
Book by John K. Crellin, Jane Philpott; Duke University Press, 1990
Subjects: Bass, A. L. Tommie--Interviews, Herbs--Therapeutic Use--Appalachian Region, Materia Medica, Vegetable--Appalachian Region, Medicinal Plants--Appalachian Region
...dandelion, elder, ground-ivy, hyssop, mullein, oak, wild carrot, and willow. Bass...frequently, as "temperate and dry" e.g., mullein rather than hot and dry. Such properties...THE ROLE OF SENSORY PROPERTIES Mullein temperate and dry is relatively bland...
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Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics
Book by Roland Wilbur Brown; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1956
Subjects: English Language--Foreign Elements--Greek, English Language--Foreign Elements--Latin, English Language--Word Formation--Glossaries, Vocabularies, Etc, Science--Terminology
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Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees
Book by Ernst Lehner, Johanna Lehner; Tudor Publishing, 1960
Subjects: Flower Language, Plants--Folklore
...70 - 71 The Mullein 63...Commentaires, Lyons, 1579 71 Mullein, from Gerards Herball, London, 1633...Mattioli COMMENTAIRES , Lyons, 1579. THE MULLEIN The mullein Verbascum thapsus...
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The Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman
Book by Louis Untermeyer, Walt Whitman; Simon and Schuster, 1949
Subjects: Poetry
...Common Earth, the Soil , 691 -- Birds and Birds and Birds , 691 -- Full-Starrd Nights , 692 -- Mulleins and Mulleins , 693 -- Distant Sounds , 694 -- A Sun- Bath--Nakedness , 694 -- The Oaks and I , 696...
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Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois
Book by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Southern Illinois University Press, 1975
Subjects: Botany--Illinois, Plants--Identification
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journal articles on: Mullein  - 8 results

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A Visit
Journal article by Carol Hemingway; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 24, 2004
...noise. Usually they would have pretended that the tall straight mullein stalks were soldiers that the king and princess were reviewing. She would nod condescendingly to each mullein that attracted her special attention, and, if the populace cheered...
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Raven's Plague: Pollution and Disease in Lee Maracle's Ravensong
Journal article by Judith Leggatt; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 33, 2000
Subjects: Canadian literature--20th century, Diseases--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Maracle, Lee--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ravensong (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...white villagers see "comfrey root, dandelion, plantain, and mullein" as weeds (31), and therefore dirty and disgusting, and the...rheumatism, skin diseases, and liver problems (Hutchens 110). Mullein relieves lung congestion when smoked (Hutchens 203). Plantain...
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Why Modest Proposals Offer the Best Solution for Combating Racial Profiling
Journal article by Sean P. Trende; Duke Law Journal, Vol. 50, 2000
Subjects: Police--Social aspects, Race discrimination--Political aspects, Searches and seizures--Demographic aspects
...George Singleton, a black Rastafarian, was stopped and put on trial for allegedly driving under the influence of rosemary and mullein. See Omer Gillham, Rastafarian Awaits Ruling on Dismissal of Herb Case, TULSA WORLD, Oct. 2, 1998, at 1, available at 1998...
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A Community-Based Nursing Approach to the Prevention of Otitis Media
Journal article by Matthew D. Curry, Alta W. Andrews, Hal J. Daniel; Journal of Community Health Nursing, Vol. 14, 1997
Subjects: Community Health Nursing
...treat OM in the early stages. For example, ear pain may be relieved by placing a few drops of warm oil or fluid (e.g., olive, mullein, mineral, or castor oil, as well as breast milk) into the ear canal ( Gupta, 1989; Henricksen Stenfors, 1993...
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A Raj Quartet
Journal article by Guy Cuthbertson; English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 49, 2006
Subjects: A Raj Collection (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Ram might have seen a pageant of English flowers if he had had eyes for anything besides his wrongs, borage and milfoil and mullein and bladder campion and the tall lousewort which smells like a hayfield and beanfield in one." Nationalist Siri Ram is not...
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magazine articles on: Mullein  - 9 results

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In Defense of Weeds
Magazine article by Andy Wasowski; E, Vol. 7, March 1996
Subjects: Landscape gardening--Laws, regulations, etc., Lawns--Laws, regulations, etc., Weeds--Laws, regulations, etc.
...800 people had visited Evelyn Connors garden, and they had been impressed by her lush naturalistic landscape, which includes Mullein pinks and a mass of three-foot-high native purple coneflowers. The mailman also came to Evelyns home that day, but not to...
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Leopold's Gift
Magazine article by Kenneth Brower; Sierra, Vol. 86, January 2001
Subjects: Wilderness areas--Economic aspects, Wisconsin--Economic aspects
...interglacial. At night a new ice age, the Leopoldian, advances over the bog-meadow, whitening everything but the tall stalks of common mullein, which rise above. But mostly Aldo was up in the Wisconsin sky. He was certainly in formation with the cranes. He was in...
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Herbalizing the Back Forty; Natural Medicine in Your Backyard
Magazine article; Whole Earth, Spring 2002
Subjects: Herb gardening--Personal narratives, Herb gardens--Planning, Herbs--Usage
...considered safe. The inner bark is prepared into teas, tinctures, and syrups. Other antitussives in these parts include coltsfoot, mullein, sundew, and plantain. I have emphasized "medicinal" plants (mainly woody ones) that grow in my Northeastern back woods...
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CITY DESK: The Upper Upper West Side
Magazine article by Richard Brookhiser; National Review, Vol. 55, September 29, 2003
Subjects: Catskill Mountains--Social aspects
...still keeps dairy cows the way he and his late brother did for most of their 80 years. When he dies, his place will convert to mullein, then to brush. Here and there are signs of farms that have gone the whole way: backyard chicken coops, grey with weather and...
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The Cold War
Magazine article by Becky Gillette; E, Vol. 10, January 1999
Subjects: Cold (Disease)--Prevention, Medicine, Herbal--Therapeutic use
...one good way to do that is drinking herbal cold remedy teas that can contain such herbs as lemon grass, lemon balm, yarrow, mullein and mint. Oil rubs such as those containing eucalyptus can also help cold sufferers. Licorice lozenges are helpful as an expectorant...
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newspaper articles on: Mullein  - 24 results

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Going Native; Weave Bloody Cranesbill Geranium Sanguineum through the Border and Plant the Yellow Spires of Native Mullein Verbascum Nigrum Garden Authority Andrew Duff (above Left) Says That We Should Fill Our Gardens with Countryside Plants to Give Our Borders Resilience as Well as Beauty
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 9, 2008
Subjects: Plants, Plants (Organisms)
...Sanguineum through the Border and Plant the Yellow Spires of Native Mullein Verbascum Nigrum Garden Authority Andrew Duff (above Left...Oenotherabiennis, evening primrose; Verbascum nigrum, dark mullein.. Guelder rose Viburnum opulus (above left), has translucent...
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HOMES & GARDENS: Grow Your Own Medicine Cabinet; Hannah Stephenson Looks Home-Grown Herbal Remedies
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 22, 2005
...infused and the liquid taken to relieve colds and headaches. Mullein (verbascum thapsus) is also good for coughs. Take the basal...headache and insomnia. It induces sweating in colds and flu. Mullein (Verbascum thapsus): This woolly-leaved biennial produces pale...
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Health Notes
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 11, 2007
Subjects: Herbal medicine, Medicine, Botanic, Medicine, Herbal
...and I have not needed any other remedies. Marshmallow capsules by Power Health, 30 for pounds sterling3.99; Marshmallow and Mullein Cough Syrup by Kiwi Herbs, pounds sterling8.10 for 100ml, both from Victoria Health, see below. Be yourself - and feel loved...
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Gardening: Grow Your Own Cold Remedies; Hannah Stephenson Finds Relief from Winter Ailments in the Garden Plant of the Week
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 22, 2005
...water) and the liquid taken to relieve colds and headaches. Mullein (verbascum thapsus) is also good for coughs. Take the basal...headache and insomnia. It induces sweating in colds and flu. n Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) This woolly-leaved biennial produces pale...
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Grow Your Own Remedies
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 22, 2005
...water) and the liquid taken to relieve colds and headaches. Mullein (verbascum thapsus) is also good for coughs. Take the basal...headache and insomnia. It induces sweating in colds and flu. N Mullein (Verbascum thapsus): This woolly-leaved biennial produces pale...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mullein  - 4 results

 
 
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Moth Mullein
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOTH MULLEIN common name for the mullein Verbascum blatteria, a plant native to Europe and naturalized as a weed in the United States. It is a member of the family Scrophulariaceae ( figwort family). ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Mullein
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MULLEIN see figwort . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Aaron's-Rod
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AARONS-ROD popular name for several tall-flowering, infrequently branching plants, such as goldenrod and mullein. The name is an allusion to the rod that Aaron placed before the ark and that miraculously blossomed and bore almonds...
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Figwort
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...introduced to America and become thoroughly naturalized, e.g., the mulleins (genus Verbascum ), the common speedwell ( Veronica officinalis ), and the butter-and-eggs ( Linaria vulgaris ). The common mullein ( V. thapsus ), also called flannel plant and torches, was...


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