Does anyone know anything about using Mullen to make a tea and drinking it to remove a family curse? Or a ritual involving such things?
We have been battling a family curse for 4 generations. Since fully embracing my witchy heritage, which started with my great grandmother. I decided to look into why my family had such bad luck or why it was so hard to get away and stay away from this town. I’m currently trying to get out of here and move back to my birth place. This requires making sure this bad luck and this curse is removed for my sake and my family.
My great grandmother used Mullen to make cough syrup and there are YouTube channels that I have seen show that they make teas from the leaves…not sure what to say. I’m from the hoodoo school of things…and this plant has been used for lung health for years. The seeds can be poisonous…but it can be, like everything else…an irritant for some people.
That’s strange, as mullein flowers, leaves and root have been used for many centuries to ease earaches (their most common use) but also in tinctures and teas. Its anti-inflammatory, demulcent and useful for infections as well. www.herbs.org.nz says there are no precautions, warnings or contraindications to the use of Mullein. I think your book is referring to one particular type of Mullein that may be toxic, as Verbascum thapsus is the main one used medicinally, although others are also used. @Arroyn I have not heard of Mullein being used to remove family curses, but will look into it - it is something I would like to do as well
Blessed be
https:// youtu.be/nxQdjv4Oegc?si=biB9a_75YK4arkmb
Here is a video of someone harvesting and using the leaves of the plant. I think @Greenwitch is correct that your book is speaking about the poisonous type.
@Greenwitch Thank you so much for your assistance!
I have a wide variety of herbal textbooks, being a herbalist. Many are European, some used here in New Zealand, and I also have a textbook which lists possible harmful effects of herbs. None of them mentions Mullein as being toxic, the only precaution is in one book that said overdoing it on the leaves could be mildly toxic. So I would say your book is inaccurate and probably not as good as you think. I would be careful using it in future
Admin here. Removing a curse is a great idea, but unfortunately the research on this plant is a bit murky when it comes to toxicity. As you pointed out, it can be poisonous to some and an irritant to others. Unfortunately, this is the case with many plants and herbs.
While we at the Pagan Grimoire cannot be responsible for what occurs if you do ingest a potentially toxic substance, for legal reasons, we also cannot condone the use of a possibly poisonous substance in our forum and we’ll need to pause this discussion. Apologies.
