A throat balm in a tea cup.
Verbascum thapsus, more commonly known as mullein, is one of those ancient plants that has quietly persisted through millennia, outliving civilisations, dodging botanists, and refusing to be packaged into influencer-ready tinctures.
It has no logo, no lifestyle range, and no TikTok sponsorships. Just a long history of saving chests, lighting fires, and possibly predicting your romantic doom.
From Homer to Hedge Witches
The Greeks claimed Hermes gave mullein to Ulysses to shield him from Circe’s dark arts.
