Hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i nā maʻi hanu, ʻo ka mullein kahi mea kanu i loaʻa nā keu pono ʻē aʻe. E ʻike iā lākou.
Inoa ʻepekema: Gnaphalium oxyphyllum DC.
OHANA: Compositae.
Hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano i nā wahi like ʻole o ke kikowaena a me ka ʻākau o ka ʻāina e like me ka Federal District, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Sonora a me ka mokuʻāina ʻo Mekiko no ka mea he waiwai nui ia i ka lāʻau kuʻuna. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana e mālama i nā maʻi hanu e like me ka maʻi kahe, flu, hānō, bronchitis, nā maʻi puʻu a me nā pilikia o ka umauma. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka kuke ʻana i nā lālā me nā pua, ʻono me ka meli, e inu mehana ma mua o ka hiamoe. I nā hihia o ka huehue mau a me ka maʻi palū, lawe ʻia ia i ʻekolu mau manawa i ka lā, a i ʻole ma ka ʻōpū hakahaka no hoʻokahi pule. Eia hou, ʻo ka kuke ʻana me ka waiū me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe he mea pono loa no kēia mau ʻano. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i nā maʻi gastric, ulcer a me nā ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, kahi o ka mālama ʻana i ka kuke ʻana i ka mea kanu.
Herbaceous e ana ma waena o 30 a 80 cm ke kiʻekiʻe, me kahi kumu huluhulu. He haiki a silky ke ʻano o nā lau. Liʻiliʻi kāna mau hua a nui nā hua. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kona kumu, akā ma Mekiko e noho nei ia i nā anilā, mehana a mehana. Ulu ia i nā ʻāina haʻalele a pili i ka deciduous tropical, sub-evergreen, evergreen, scrub xerophilous, mauna mesophilic, ʻoka a me ka ulu lāʻau pine.
