A Project: Mullein, Part I

Thanks to a suggestion from questrix I am embarking on a Project. So I'm gonna chronicle it here, partly for your edification but partly because this way I'll know when I started the stuff.

Here's what I have to start with. So at the event this weekend, there was a lot of mullein about; I picked a bunch. No more than two leaves from each plant and maybe only one from the small ones, because I don't want to overpick. Carefully picked only the good ones, no bugs or dirt of stuff. Put them in a plastic bag and drove home.

That was Sunday. Sunday night I was too exhausted to do much anything else so they didn't get processed until yesterday -- I soaked them in water overnight so they wouldn't wilt, which seemed to work fine. Monday I bought an entire gallon of apple cider vinegar and started processing.

No soft brush so I just used fingers and a lot of water to clean them. No pickle jar so I used a big plastic tub. Let them drain a bit to get the worst of the water off, wedged them in the tub, poured in the vinegar. And in the closet it goes for six weeks.

In the meantime, I've some dried mullein about; I made tea with it last night and will have a cup every day until the tincture is done. It tastes like poo but I breathed a little easier afterwards. I can deal with poo-tasting for breathing, and getting an effect after only one mug is brilliant.

questrix, how often do you take that one ounce of tincture? I figure a half-gallon of tincture isn't going to last me a year, so I'm going to get another batch started soon, but if you could give me a vague idea of how much you need to last a year, I'd appreciate it...

And thank you! I'll keep y'all updated.