The Illegal FISHING Plant - Mullein

Mullein is a common plant that grows around the world. But in the United States, it is illegal to use it for fishing. Why? Because it works! Every state has on record laws that prevent you from using stunning chemicals either naturally derived or otherwise in fishing.
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[@LetArtsLive]

Around where I live in Batavia New York we call it Nature's toilet paper and yes it works LOL I've seen people throw firecrackers in the water and the fish would blow up to the top not that it's a good thing that I don't think so. I think it would be good to know if you were really damn hungry that would be the only time I would ever do that

[@emack76]

You should edit this video to make it clear that doing what you described WILL KILL THE FISH.

[@LetArtsLive]

@@emack76 😁😅🤑

[@LetArtsLive]

@@emack76 maybe you didn't watch the whole video if I remember correctly he did maybe he did not emphasize it enough. But I think it's a good thing to know to say some day is the end of the world's. You got a lot of people to feed you don't have a fishing pole and you're all starving and boom you got all those fish. And if you did it like the natives do it would not cause harm because you do it every couple years so they can replenish

[@tinknal6449]

Good SHTF info.

[@solotraveler6025]

We used to do this as kids in Michigan. The fish do not die and are only stunned for about ten to twenty minutes. We would do this and pick just a few to take home and eat and the rest would swim off after a few. You would also find some fish you knew never existed in certain lakes or ponds. My gramps, used to do this once a year to rid the private lake on his farm of carp and suckers that would make their way into his lake/pond from a steam as small fry or minnows in the spring. He would collect them and leave the native fish and grind the carp and suckers up into meal and turn the meal into his garden. Gramps always had a the best garden in the area. Grandma would make tea out of the dried yellow flowers to treat a cough, but I think it was the whiskey she would pore into her tea when she thought no one was watching. When my brother and I were young gramps had some dried mushrooms he picked out of the field sitting in a jar above the door to his shop, when we asked what those were for he was kind enough to let us try them. both me and my brother were stoned for about six hours and my mom was pissed and never let us stay at gramma and gramps again. Gramps apparently like his magic mushrooms. I grew up eating of squirrel, snapping turtle, frog legs and pidgin and drinking a whole lot of dandelion wine. I don't think gramps and gramma ever went to the grocery store, they lived off their land almost 100% and nothing got wasted.

[@bulletsonofagun7413]

I bet they lived a long happy life too.

[@solotraveler6025]

@@bulletsonofagun7413 Gramps lived to 80 but died of an accident, not of natural causes. Grandma lived until 85, last few year were rough for her, Alzheimers and diabetes. My gramps was a rough and rugged kind of guy and didn't take crap from anyone and actually worked the day he died. They guy could fix anything or make anything. I still have a bunch of his woodworking tools in my shop, use them all the time.

[@Tatinator]

❤

[@markc3197]

I wanna go out with my boots on too

[@jc20100]

Wonderful experiences, thanks for sharing

[@marksams1037]

Mullein can be found everywhere until you need to poop.

[@shaulbennetzarim6173]

Just make sure you don't go for the nettles!

[@povnw8985]

Roger that. 10 100. No nettle. 😅

[@cherylschumaker1366]

Hahaha no kidding ! Boy this guy can remember alot of names for Mullen good job

[@jfm14]

Too accurate. 😂

[@tarantulady8565]

If you do mistakenly use nettle (😱)...search out jewelweed & rub that on after the nettle...to quench the sphincter fire. 🔥

[@fludderkiddie]

We have a ton of that growing in the cemetery...I used to love to pet it when I was little..I called it the “puppy ear plant”.

[@catherinegrace2366]

You should pick it, dry it, sell it on Amazon. I’m buying it from there until I find some. 🤷‍♀️

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I also foraged it at a cemetery.

[@tomtroy3792]

That's neat I'm going to call it puppy hear plant from now on

[@Rick-the-Swift]

Be honest, you tried wiping your butt with it and it was so soft your fingers broke through 😂

[@mixedmediaartgirl300]

I called it lamb's ear 🐑

[@pruebarratt3085]

Flowers soaked in olive oil and left on window seal for a couple weeks, strained and bottled, used as ear drops.

[@johnydoe7065]

Collect the yellow flower pedals put the in a jar layering it with honey or sugar let it sit for a few weeks and you have a very strong cough syrup.....

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

Another really wonderful decongestant syrup that helps break up mucus/phlegm is making a tea of garlic, onion and ginger then cooking it down with sugar and adding turmeric. It's better than any pharma product i have ever tried.

[@branchingvine]

The flowers are also the best sleep inducer ever in tea form...far superior to wood betony, passion flower or catnip or valarian.

[@Johnrider1234]

We buy mullen tea. All the time.

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@branchingvine I am so going to go find a mullein plant. I've suffered from insomnia my entire life. Respiratory ailments, too. I definitely need this plant. Funny thing is, I've been petting this fuzzy plant since I was a kid. And my family has gathered wild edibles for generations. And as an adult I'm an amateur herbalist. But I only recently learned about the medicine in mullein. 🌱

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@Lawknee Once I find some and try it I'll let you know how it goes. If I can find these comments again.

[@GetMeThere1]

The dried mullein stalk also makes the best "drill" when using a drill and fireboard to make a friction fire.

[@povnw8985]

That's something I've always wanted to try, but never had a reason to try. I like to use one of those magnesium/flint & steel strikers.

[@GhostRider-ne4ho]

Thanks for info

[@herewardthewatchful1014]

I hear you can make a sedative out of the stalk and roots too 👍

[@thomasrussell2789]

You dry the leaves and make a tea, helpful for going to sleep

[@nataliabrightwood116]

What is your favorite fireboard wood to pair with it?

[@floydsadler3559]

Mullein was brought to America from the dirt ballast of boats from Europe and Spain. The flower stalks can be turned in to large candles after dipping it in wax. I dry the leaves and mix it in to my tobacco to roll in to cigarettes. That plant is amazing. It’s also called “poor mans tobacco”

[@deandeann1541]

There is a chemical.in mullein that is closely related to nicotine. People trying to quit smoking years ago would smoke cigarettes of dried mullein leaves as a substitute while they tried to quit.

[@christopherlewis1315]

@GooberBear I love how you said "when," instead of "if" the nation collapses! 🤣

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@christopherlewis1315 God, I hope I'm able to buy forested land in the hills before it happens. I want nothing more than to tuck my kitties and I safely away before then.

[@ajalicea1091]

Native Americans also would use it as a smudge like you do Sage. It will help purify the lungs.

[@kevinfilbin7688]

Can you make chew out of it?

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

I love mullein! Ever since I was a kid I'd throw them like spears and the kid in me still likes to now and then. They grow everywhere here and even my goofy mother-in-law still brings me a dead one to throw around when she finds an especially huge one. I have one I picked that's been leaning against the house for three years because I measured it at 10' 3". Biggest one I ever found. My wife saw me out the window walking home with it like I was the proudest man in the world apparently haha! Thanks for showing me more uses.

[@evanmay1787]

Solution to the Asian carp problem? It could be temporary paralysis which would make all the invasive fish easier to catch.

[@harrygrayson9548]

Good idea dude 👍

[@blackwall619]

Great point.

[@123Goldhunter11]

No one will starve in carp territory.

[@MtnTow]

They use electro stunning to the same extent but its limited in range.

[@chemicalmike646]

Assuming it only stuns them, then that would probably be a really good idea.But from the sounds of it, it sounds like it actually kills most of them. peace! :D

[@wilmagregory8967]

My grandmother was born and raised on the reservation and she told us about this and explained that it was only used in food emergencies and when fish were to plentiful for the water they were in. Even in the tribe it was forbidden to use it for greed or for selling with heavy penalties. Thanks for sharing this story, take care, love, peace and respect. Blessings 🐟🐟🐋🐟🌱🌱🌱

[@terry269]

my grandfather showed me how to use it for fishing and for healing, he was from the Cherokee tribe.and he also had rules about using it for fishing that I followed.i miss him very much.

[@lukewarmwater6412]

'forbidden for the purpose of greed or for selling' only emergency use. god ethics, good morals, flawless logic. good rule. as a nation we should only make rules like that.

[@dasschwa4543]

This is good to know for an emergency. If I ever have to use it, I will try and follow that rule.

[@povnw8985]

Moderation in all things. 🙋

[@tinahardman1525]

Same here!

[@effeojnedib7208]

Nice to know this. It's a great plant. When I have a dry cough, I roll up a mullein joint, smoke it. Within a few hours, I have a productive cough and usually 24 hours, the cough is gone.

[@Rick-the-Swift]

Nice! I've done the same thing with weed. 🤏

[@cynthiaaiken2424]

Covid remedy?

[@gardener5857]

It's commonly called Miner's Candle in the west. They would dip it in tallow to use it as a torch.

[@alvingravley7212]

Leaves used in shoes protect and heal sore,cracked and blistered feet

[@herewardthewatchful1014]

Under the sock against the foot, or between the sock and boot?

[@biddibee3526]

Those little hairs might not be so comfy when they get into your skin.

[@Oskenonton]

@@biddibee3526 the hairs on mullen are way to soft to peirce our calloused feet.

[@silent6121]

True

[@silent6121]

@@biddibee3526 not to smart are ya

[@PhilieBlunt666]

My grandpa always called it "asswipe weed" 😅

[@newtonbomb]

We called it "button weed" to be political about when you needed it, bc it goes on your butt lol (not to be confused with actual buttonweed which doesnt quite work out as well haha). It was always my go to if I was helping my dad out in the field and had to take a dump but didn't have time or the means to run back to the shop... its honestly better than the finest toilet paper, makes roughin' it not seem so rough 😂

[@PhilieBlunt666]

@@newtonbomb it's definitely one of natures finest gifts in times of need 😆

[@Y34RZERO]

Buckeye and green walnut shells do it too. Historically my tribe used that. We did it once a year before winter when the water in rivers and streams were low to smoke and dry as much meat and food as possible for the little hunger and big hunger months. After rains and the new year the shallow pools in creeks would be replenished with fish.

[@martins.3330]

Thank you for this tip. How would you use the Buckeye and green walnut shells for this purpose, if I may ask?

[@Y34RZERO]

@@martins.3330 tied into a basket and thrown into a pool where fish are. Keep in mind this is highly illegal in most places in the US.

[@martins.3330]

​@@Y34RZERO Thanks a lot. I live in Denmark. I don't actually know if its allowed here. I have never heard anyone try it, but mullein, buckeye and walnut are abundant. Would it be the shells or the nuts of buckeye that work? If it is the nuts I suppose you would need to cut them up a bit?

[@Y34RZERO]

@@martins.3330 Historically we crushed the shells and nuts whole.

[@Kinjo2008]

*I very much appreciate this share. 1st Nations people have so much knowledge. Thank you.* 🙏🏻🫡

[@donnapotee2419]

My grandmother,who raised me, was born in 1905. When we were out in the fields hunting pokeweed, I kept seeing this pretty plant and ask her what they were and she said her mother which was part Indian had told her it was called Indian tobacco, so there is another name you can add to your list 🤭

[@thomasrussell7135]

fun fact, you can dry the leaves and smoke it for a buzz or drink it as a tea for decongestant along with a host of other uses

[@headlessspaceman5681]

Actually all Tobacco is Indian tobacco. This is not that. Mullein is not called Indian Tobacco by anyone. It is a European weed and an invasive species. Call it Gringo tobacco if you want. Also you grandmother's mother is the person which was that great-grandmother.

[@jimbox114]

My grandfather called it the same thing.

[@AFMR0420]

Indian tobacco is different. It has trumpet flowers.

[@tedparkinson2970]

@@headlessspaceman5681 Mullein is called Indian Tobacco and has been referred by that name for hundreds of years in North America dude I'm 53 and was informed of Mullein when I was in the Boy Scouts at the age of 7 there's many good medical uses out of this plant.

[@5winder]

Nobody will worry about what's "legal" when the economy collapses... thanks for the tip.

[@msain427]

That will happen if you vote DEMOCRAT

[@YoungTeeke]

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[@jacobmccandles1767]

White Templar, Um...well that would be the EXACT opposite of what you're trying to do.

[@darthtaiter]

Ayup.

[@johnyeary6541]

White Templar take your stupid ass out of the country if it's so evil. With a picture of real evil on your KZbin page 😆🖕

[@stevenfeil7079]

It is primarily a LUNG herb. It relaxes the lungs and then helps as an expectorant. Same effect discussed in the video. The leaf is the part used for this. Breathing the smoke is one way to do it or you can make a tea. The root is good for bladder incontinence.

[@luckypenny312]

Excellent!

[@luckypenny312]

But how do you prepare the root? I use the leaves for tea

[@stevenfeil7079]

@@luckypenny312 Any way you want to get it into your body. There are MANY different ways you can get someplace.. same with getting herbs into your body. I have also learned that the root can be use for certain back issues. I don't have much info on that.

[@dylanminer3728]

@@luckypenny312 you can smoke the leaves, and make cough syrup with the flower

[@delaineu7340]

Find a good herbalist to use it in a tincture, it'll take out pneumonia.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Not only is it not invasive, it often tends to just... go away on its own after a few years. It really likes disturbed, poor quality ground the best, and after a while if the soil improves a little it just dies out. It's one of those interesting plants that doesn't like good rich soil. I have never seen or even heard of mullein just taking over someone's garden or a whole field like actual invasive plants do.

[@tommyblackwell3760]

That would explain why it's all over my yard, it must love red Georgia clay soil.

[@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503]

@@tommyblackwell3760 YUP

[@kellikelli4413]

The powers that shouldn't be, lie a lot - They hate Nature's Healing Plants because they're competition for TPTSB synthetic toxic petroleum based substances.

[@kellikelli4413]

​ Mullien is amending that clay soil for you for free, getting it prepared for any planting you want to do.

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

That's not always true. A campground in Forsyth Missouri had these plans for many many many years. They fertilized them and watered them. Grew great for decades. When it was sold they dug them out and burned the patch.

[@Nonyabsnss]

We’re about to replot this plant and came across this video. My whole family and I were laughing. You have an awesome way of explaining the benefits of this plant. Thank you for the good laugh, just subscribed!

[@photojnt]

Came for the title of the video. Stayed to read all the comments on what people use it for. Thumbs up sir!

[@thediplomasta5891]

Hahaha. Things are illegal because they work! He is spot on, there. Apply that logic across the board, especially the energy sector, and you'll understand WHY we are not free people.

[@omariparsons5935]

Its not illegal cus it works its illegal because man will abuse it- not gonna say which man cus we all know. He went on to explain the indians knew it can only be used 1 time per year but greedy men always abuse power

[@thediplomasta5891]

@@omariparsons5935 indeed this practice should not be done, except in emergency.

[@williamreilly5469]

Justbluke the medical mj now..sure you can BUY IT..but not GROW IT...smfh

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

​@@williamreilly5469I dunno where you are, but most states where it's legal allow growing enough for personal use. This was true in many states even before it was legal to smoke it! 😂

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

​@@thediplomasta5891what does the energy sector have to do with anything other than having pipelines bust and wreck people's lands and coastal areas? Or coal ash ponds that bust open and wreck several whole fields, for that matter. The fossil fuel industry makes it so it's harder for people to house, feed, and clothe their families. And the nuclear energy sector doesn't build the safe thorium salt baths reactors that CAN'T have a meltdown, by design (it's impossible because of the method the radioactive materials are used for the heat output) rather than the current design that worries so many people. There's hydroelectric and geothermal that are safe, as well, and the only downside of solar is the stuff that must be used to make them & the batteries for them, and at the end of their usable life, is exceedingly dangerous to recycle. There's even biodiesel that is REALLY easy to make! We could be totally energy independent and not use a single drop of petroleum products except to male certain types of plastics that can't be made from plant-based sources. It would be SO easy to do! We could do that TOMORROW if we only had the infrastructure! And every time a certain party wants to build said infrastructure, another party comes along, says no, and starts writing laws to control what people do in their beds, their bathrooms, and their doctors' offices. Small government, my left, hind foot.

[@markjeranek9802]

*Sigh* An actual real live forester here. Mullein (verbascum thapsus) is, indeed, an introduced species. It was brought in, by accident, with animal feed by the very first European settlers and quickly spread. The reason we do not treat it as something that is 'bad' is due to the fact that it really does not take over--like really harmful exotics, like Buckthorn. It likes to grow in disturbed sites, where blowdowns have happened or where mineral soil is exposed, like gravel pits.

[@dbow5077]

*edit* Was actually responding to a prior post. Got distracted and responded to yours. Your post is even-keeled. --------- Invasive to when? Drift wood has made it to the west coast of the US from Asia with literally 100's viable of species on board with no human interaction. Speciation can happen in as few as a a couple years. I dont think we should be intentionally introducing species, but the whole "native" "invasive" arguement is pedantic.

[@tonibauer2405]

Back in the early 90’s I saw one growing on the side of a country road near my home. I had never seen one before, had no idea what it was and thought it was beautiful. It was only about a foot tall single cluster of grayish leaves. I had no hesitation in digging it up and taking it home, as I knew tractors came along and cut everything down along that highway on a semi regular basis. I planted it near my front door, and it grew huge, like 3 feet in diameter and close to 6 feet tall, with a beautiful sulfur yellow flower spike. People would admire and inquire about it. I finally did research as to what its name was but only recently learned it was a useful medicinal herb. I found amazing things growing in random spots out there, including a passionflower vine growing right out of the middle of a hard packed clay road in the hot Georgia summer, with one gorgeous bloom on it. It stopped me in my tracks. I should have tried to water and dig up to save it as that road got scraped regularly.

[@willieclark2256]

Introduced /= invasive

[@rodgerhatfield3068]

I didn’t know foresters were like pilots

[@dbow5077]

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[@SombreroPharoah]

I believe Jamaican Dogwood was used in the same way. I can say though, as a homeless teenager years ago (not USA), I did try this. I had landowners permission. And yep. I didn't starve is all I can say. I did find you can condense the effect by building some kinds of fish traps and just petrifying whatevers come into your enclosed circle. Grind the seeds into a satchel 'teabag' and it doesn't span out so far and uncontrolled either. However, if you scatter cast it, expect ALOT more fish than you even realised we're there and have a gert freezer to hand.

[@bethanygresoski3126]

My mother always had this growing in her front yard in St. Louis. it was always one of the most visually interesting parts of her garden. I now have it in a plot in my yard that I am slowly building into my herbal/medicinal plot.

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

Have you noticed it hindering other plants from flowering/seeding at all?

[@carlaeskelsen]

@@Sunshine_Daydream222 It doesn't seem to. It seems to have naturalized well, occupying spaces that most other plants aren't claiming. It's definitely not an aggressive monoculture species such as Dyers Woad, Thistle, or Whitetop.

[@devonbradley4372]

That sounds great, Bethany. Good luck and all the very best in your endeavours.

[@minwifeof4boys]

We love our mullien...... great for chest congestion!

[@joshualinder6839]

How do you use it?

[@minwifeof4boys]

@@joshualinder6839 although it can be smoked, we make it into a tea.

[@minwifeof4boys]

@Rene Drew ..I'll have to look into that....good idea

[@minwifeof4boys]

@Rene Drew thank you so much!

[@DebCnbfre]

LOve using dried mullen, I collect it and dry it for the medicine tea. Add red clover blossoms to the tea to make it even better, red clover is the best expectorant ever, brings the congestion up and helps quiet a cough for hours after drinking.. Sweeten with honey to soothe the throat...

[@Lulu2010APR]

I found a two year old plant growing on my property so I looked up its uses. Thanks for the info. This would likely help people who have come down with COVID 19.....

[@juicepick7131]

The scamdemic?

[@sjt4689]

@@juicepick7131 Yep, the planned scamdemic. Thank baby jeebus someone else out there has common sense LOL There never was a pandemic and still ain't. This plant is great for bronchitis, colds and coughs, great for smokers and asthmatics etc. Its some powerful medicine!

[@motocrossriders2002]

@@sjt4689 It was a hoax from the beginning. That's a fact!!!

[@Filterfinder]

It has a 2 year growth cycle first year just leaves second year it produces flower. It's medical benefits are better in the first year.

[@SirGolfalot-]

@@Filterfinder Good to know. I have one-year and two-year growth on my property.

[@alfr1]

In Indiana we used crushed black walnuts that were still green with a little water, pour it over a patch of non-rocky ground and it makes worms come up fast! Rinse them off and keep them in a bowl to fish with. In a pond, you can use it to stun fish, but you would need lots and lots of it, also illegal to use for catching fish.

[@jamesdavis2677]

Great vid. You can also use the green husks of black walnuts. Step on them to fracture the husk, put them in a toe sack and lower into the water. Fish will be stunned and you can just scoop them up. And you can add the fractured husks to water, pour on the ground and worms will come up.

[@SniperLogic]

james davis A croker sack probably work too. A meal cake in a croker sack is good chum for mullet.

[@kendean4278]

Exactly

[@oldschooljack3479]

My grandmother said her dad used the walnut husk truck during the depression... One of the cheap and easy ways to score some meat when times were especially hard.

[@donaldshimkus539]

Sounds like the natural alternative to fishing with dynamite.

[@PGA-mh7sp]

Donald Shimkus and MUCH quieter 🤣

[@grancito2]

Or telephone fishing, also illegal in the US.

[@larrytornetta9764]

Or gill netting

[@grancito2]

@@larrytornetta9764 Gill netting does not let dead fish sink, the other methods like poison and explosives, do.

[@larrytornetta9764]

@@grancito2 joke. They are all unfair ways fishing.

[@DSmith-ix1xf]

Absolutely the best Mullien educational information! The comments tell the rest of the story. Thanks 👍

[@juditheisen3971]

Thanks so much for actual information! Mullien dried and crumbled is also good to smoke, especially if you are trying to wean yourself from tobacco. The smoke also has healing properties for the lungs.

[@theLongPigChef]

So is heroin

[@itiswhatitis7614]

Except the burning causes smoke and breathing in smoke is carcinogenic. So, not a good option for weaning yourself of tobacco. On that note I would also say it is bad for your lungs to smoke it, not healing properties...

[@tracyasposito488]

Even smoked it can heal the lungs. Farmers used to burn large piles to cure outbreaks of respiratory illness in cattle.

[@kristiecox7350]

I have this plant that’s been growing in my pot and I’ve totally been wondering what it is. I think it’s mullein. So glad I watched this. I’ll let it grow another year and watch for the pods now! Thanks

[@smartmonkey777]

if its soft and fuzzy like a lambs ear , and or you really really feel like it would be nice to wipe your butt with, its probably mullein.

[@mrssamwinchester100]

I learned as part of my Master Herbalist education about Verbascum thapsus, which is the Latin name for Mullein which is THE GLANDULAR HERB, that it is a wonderful plant! With 3 parts Mullein and 1 part Lobelia inflata, it can help any gland concern, like lung ailments. It can also help abscesses. One time in history and once with a client it healed and mended crushed testicles and split scrotum, by being made into a tea with diustilled water and being applied topically soaked into underware to apply or soaked in a cotton natural fiber cloth and applied. They only grow where they want! Adding fresh Mullein blossoms to an oil such as olive oil, and set in the sun for 14 days, makes Mullein Blossom oil, which is great for pain from earaches, when a few warmed drops are put in the ear canal.

[@ajalicea1091]

Deborah, That might be when they first sprout. I transplant mine along my property line due to the fact the neighbors will try and kill it by constantly mowing it or putting a herbicide on it. Depending if it's in an open spot or along a fence line.

[@ajalicea1091]

Also where did you take your master herbalist teaching?

[@floridacoder]

If I ever have a crushed testicle just shoot me.

[@alfonsedente9679]

Sorry, a tea can not fix destroyed testicles and scrotum. Unless its radioactive. And We live in the marvel universe.

[@smithsmith1956]

I find it hard to believe anything topically applied can fix CRUSHED testicles.

[@thekarmafarmer608]

I was a poacher warden on an estate in the Outer Hebrides, back in the 80s. Back then, they used to used a slow release `bomb` of lime in a biscuit tin; dropped in the water with a weight. It would have the same effect on the fish, we were told. Never saw it done myself, though I saw a lot of sneaky methods using nets and otter boards etc. I think it might kill the fish if it were administered in a large enough concentration. Ironically, it was legal fish farming that killed off much of the native fish.

[@robbiebanks9182]

Yes the fish farms are ruining our Sea Trout in particular

[@cynthiaaiken2424]

Shortsighted unintended consequences

[@philupshuis1]

4:41 WITH knowledge comes GREAT responsibity!

[@willybee3056]

The problem is that the politicians can't think.

[@thomascook3336]

Sounds like a great way to get rid of that carp infestation in the rivers.

[@Rick-the-Swift]

Not just carp, but all of the fish!

[@laurakauffman1205]

I always heard of it as "Hunters Toilet Paper".

[@honestlyna]

I've got these velvety plants on my land in seed phase. Now I gonna go collect it. Thanks!

[@tammyshomesteadlife]

Mullen is one of my favorite plant allies it amazes me how much she offers to us -

[@surferdude8086]

She?

[@sboloshis1188]

@@surferdude8086 Misgendering plants?

[@usmcoth]

Corn in many states is also illegal too. It was explained as the fish can't digest it. Neither does my 1 year old but it doesn't kill him EITHER.

[@dylanminer3728]

Yeah, but it can kill fish thaugh

[@3dnsewmultimediasolutions649]

@@dylanminer3728 You ever change a one year olds diaper? LOL I get it but when I see people drinking alcohol from glass bottles I "KNOW" where that's going and it is going to cut people for decades to come.

[@timtalaski5904]

Corn is the is the only food I eat that somehow in my stomach puts itself back together

[@GeorgeMcKinley.]

Humans don’t digest the skin on the kernel any better than a fish does but the digestive tract of a human is large enough to safely pass it where as the fishes digestive tract is much smaller and will clog and kill the fish.

[@robertd.7060]

BUT, yet , every main river has corn going into the water , when they are loading /unloading barges ? Guess that's ok , seeing on how BIG companies are making a BUCK on it !

[@tommunyon2874]

The poison fish tree (Burringtonia asiatica) also produces seeds that can be used to stun fish. It is found on numerous Pacific Islands. I discovered one growing beside the cliffs at Orote Point when I lived in Guam.

[@georgefloydspaceshuttlepro1839]

We need more "informational purposes only" videos for making harmless things like Nitroglycerine, black powder, and cyanide. Imarite folks?!

[@rockandfound]

Ahahaha

[@yomomz3921]

I've actually stumbled across all of those recipes already. Anything is as harmless as the person handling it.

[@zinsanez]

Nitroglyserine is very easy to make, anyone can do it, you only need nitric acid and glyserine. Oh and also lots of ice and water, google the rest of it

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Yes, knowledge is neither good, nor evil. You decide what you do with it. Nitroglycerin is used as a heart medicine, or in dynamite to mine necessary elements. You could use it improperly, but that's on you, not the knowledge or substance.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@zinsanez if you aren't comfortable with those chemicals, or basic laboratory practices, don't make it until you are.

[@TheRealBuddyB]

When I was 12, out at my Dad's deer lease, and out of necessity, I used Cowboy Toilet paper for its, uh, stated purpose. It worked. Heh. Come to think of it, my brothers and I also used the leaves as a bandage on a wounded armadillo. WOW. ...I think I just realized how country I am.

[@flowerchild777]

😁 hee hee👍 It's better than being a city folk, imo

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

Country equals slightly understanding the planet you live on? Lol oh how embarrassing :P

[@SniperLogic]

TheRealBuddyB careful with those armadillos. They carry leprosy.

[@wmluna381]

@@SniperLogic Yuk. Don't some people eat those things?

[@7owlfthr]

Been both. That's why I'm back in the country!

[@stevehawkins7738]

I pull up the plant and root.wash it and chop it up.then boil it .the tea does not taste bad and it will dry up a nasty cold.

[@josephrodrick6451]

So you use root leaves and all? What about the flowers, can they be used also?

[@volgawolfhounds741]

@@josephrodrick6451 Yes they can also be used in this way. It is an old Native American remedy.

[@wcollins4974]

We always used the roots only ???

[@stevehawkins7738]

@@wcollins4974 thanks alot. It really works no doubt about it. A doctor friend says to drink lots of water with it and after.ill use just the root next time I get a snotty cold.

[@stevehawkins7738]

@@josephrodrick6451 not sure.someone else replied and said that they just use the root.im going to try just the root.but man this really dries up a bad cold.drink plenty of water with it and after.it will dehydrate you.

[@collinmc90]

I think I read about this in an old US army survival manual I had when I was a kid. My new house has a few mullein plants growing around so I was looking up the uses of it and stumbled on this. Interesting stuff for sure, I could see it being very useful in a survival situation, it's just so simple.

[@Peachy08]

This is what I took after a bought of that coof we had. Got my lungs straight after that! Good stuff!

[@790robothead6]

Everyone around here calls it Indian tobacco. Mullein contains a chemical called coumarin. Most plants have it, but mullein is supposed to contain a lot. It's an appetite suppressant and is used to make warfarin. Coumarin is also a gibberellic acid inhibitor, which helps stop surrounding plants from flowering and producing seeds. It could be useful if you have a foliar crop of something and don't want it seeding out.

[@MichaelBacaArtist]

Thanks for the information, much appreciated. That's not a topic often found readily available or talked about. Courmarin can be harmful to your kidneys, as well as cognitive development when taken in large amounts; more than 0.5mg per pound of body wieght. That's something to consider when taking mullen internally as a tincture or extract, and especially when given to children in any form. There are very good alterantives to Mullen (Verbascum thapsus) when used for cough and extracting excess fluid in the lungs, such as horehound. Just saying. Not that I knew any of this before I read your comment. I did some research afterwards. Just passing on some info just in case. It's called Indian tobacco where I live also but so are a few other plants. It can be smoked to help with lung issues. When I was a kid in the 80's it was more common to see that sort of thing going on. Mostly with the older generation. Lots of that knowelde was lost witht them. People these days grow them for deocoration or mow them down.

[@790robothead6]

@@MichaelBacaArtist I've known a lot of kids who've tried to smoke it just because it had the word "tobacco" in it. Horehound grows like crazy around the edges of my lawn. It's neat to hear the similar properties to mullein, though I'm not much for using plants for medicinal properties. I'm one of those people who likes to let mullein grow because it looks interesting.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Could you drink the tea to get the appetite suppressant effect or do you have to smoke it? Thanks

[@790robothead6]

@@Emiliapocalypse No clue. I'd assume either would work though. But really, after a doing a quick search, the side effects aren't all that great, and it's been banned as an additive in foods for being a possible cancer causing agent.

[@williamreilly5469]

​@MichaelBacaArtist thanks for sharing ~

[@nerolsalguod4649]

I knew about everything except the stunning constituent. Very interesting. Thankyou!

[@bobbyduke777]

What a great slice of info for a survival scenario, you don't have a hook and sting but you have some mullein.

[@butterchuggins5409]

They grow about 10 feet tall in my yard every summer

[@macks7150]

Your statement about people going back over and over to fish an area can decimate the fish population and THAT is the reason why its illegal, the law is made to protect our resources since some people cant control themselves from destroying everything. Interesting video, thumbs up

[@macks7150]

@eric duffy Yup revenue to pay for game wardens to protect resources from ignorant people that thinks its okay to wipe everything out and then they cry later when there is no more fish in the area they used to fish from

[@mtgfatalpush7640]

K S soo u saying the corrupt government dont care for nature (I know they don’t they just want more power and greed lol)

[@greenpeapicker]

Yeah, because we are not smart enough to protect it ourselves.

[@greenpeapicker]

If we were allowed to smack ppl that do ruin things for others I thing it would be less common.

[@SniperLogic]

K S Unfortunately most of these type people don’t “control themselves” from breaking the law either. Laws are only effective for an honest citizenry. When the citizens themselves go bad, you can pass ten million laws and it will only result in ten million broken laws. That is the root of our problem. Humanity itself in a slide.

[@vinagerie427]

Learn somethin' new everyday!...and I have loved this plant for a looong time! (The flowers, infused with fresh garlic in olive oil, is THE BEST "swimmer's ear" treatment...peeps & pets, btw) Thanks! :D

[@haywire4212]

I know this video is a few years old, but just wanted to say that you can do similar with Yucca. If it works the same as Yucca, then you aren't so much stunning them but the saponins make it so they can't breath. Putting the fish in clean water typically revives them.

[@cynthiaaiken2424]

That sounds cruel

[@evabetlyon2693]

Great info...I just started using mullein (ordered on line) ..I have asthma..sick and tired of medications that are EXPENSIVE and don't work well for me..the inhalers are made with milk products which I have developed an allergy to..so non-stop coughing was what I ended up with..read about mullein being good for respiratory issues..I am using the liquid drops and the tea.(both pure and organic) ..after a week I am already seeing/feeling a difference

[@JuniorFarquar]

NAC also works. Basically no symptoms of mild centri-lobar emphysema anymore....caused by the "it can't hurt you weed smoking " x 40 yrs. High temp smoke on delicate lung tissue IS deleterious.

[@toddolson573]

Invasive yes! I always wanted some of this mullein in my yard -two plants later I had hundreds growing in my grass, in my neighbors yard, O ya!!!

[@charlieswearingen500]

LOL, it's an invasive species...

[@stephaniecandelaria8141]

Toilet paper farm!..

[@gailland5308]

Good. Keep them

[@LoveoftheDarkFiberArts]

Invasive implies detrimental, which it isnt. it's literally native here, which by nature means it's not invasive. A lot of folks confuse Invasive, with Prolific! it's absolutely prolific!

[@snoopu2601]

Humm I need to start growing my own toilet paper!

[@lynngraham2934]

lol

[@herewardthewatchful1014]

Exactly! Why hoard toilet paper when there's Mullein around? lol! I've relocated 20-30 Mullein plants I found around the yard into one location where I can harvest the leaves when I need them for medicine and toilet paper.

[@captainron1960]

No toilet paper is least of our worries now

[@lindatisue733]

Get a bum gun, a hand held sprayer and attach it to the sink. So much cleaner. If you had poop on your arm you wouldn't just wipe it off with paper. Since I got a bum gun, I haven't had a urinary tract infection.

[@Momusinterra]

Sure. You can fill your septic system with it.

[@rubylanderrl]

Here in West Coast of Scotland we call it Lamb's Lug's... ' lamb's ear's '. Thank you for all your really interesting info on plant life.... i love it. :-))

[@edi9892]

It grows in Europe too. I consider it highly invasive. It's not an obnoxious weed, but I found one plant and grew it at home. Next year, it was everywhere in the entire neighbourhood and that hasn't changed 20 years later!

[@CelebrityCyborg]

Thanks for posting man it was an amazing commentary on something I had not ever heard before good luck with everything and congratulations.

[@dalmatino9336]

Thank You on excellent video 👍My great grandmother(Neretva river delta,Dalmatia,Croatia🇭🇷) had a small pond connected with a canal to the river.Once a year she used to do the same but with other plant: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_characias .She used to break the bundle of it and put it in the canal.The pond would be full of stunned eels. She did this also once a year.Greetings from Croatia 🇭🇷

[@davidvalenta9394]

curious: how long does the effect last? -can the fish still breathe/ get oxygen when stunned? any uncaught fish affected, do they recover or die?

[@spudchick317]

Would like to see the answers to these questions too. Important points overlooked.

[@camphope9344]

This is valuable information if we ever need to survive from the wilderness. Who knows what’ll happen in our future

[@johnw5584]

You can also do it with walnut husks. Put it in a burlap bag, when the fish come to the top, pull the bag of husks out.

[@Staggababe]

Black walnuts husks are poisonous though?

[@johnw5584]

@@Staggababe Yes..google..."fishing with black walnuts" You are welcome..🐳🔫🐋🔫🐟🔫🐬🔫🐠🔫🐡🔫

[@K4K96]

Lost art to know what everything around us can be used for. Good info thanks for taking the time to share the knowledge.

[@mikerevendale4810]

Helps clear up respiratory issues is an important use. I've read that just inhaling the scent from the crushed leaves can help with those issues; same with the smoke or tea from the leaves. Amazing plant with a long history of medicinal uses.

[@redeyestones3738]

I've heard of a great many uses for Mullen. This is by far the most interesting.

[@MickeyD2012]

I knew about rotinone and about mullein being used for smoking, but I had no idea about this property of it. Thank you.

[@jmburen8647]

might be a good management tool to remove unwanted species of invasive fish???

[@Nobody-11B]

Absolutely.

[@merholland8707]

It's indiscriminate. You kill off everything in order to kill one thing.

[@Avendora]

@@merholland8707 My understanding is that it doesn't "kill", merely puts them to sleep. They are killed when you remove them from the water...

[@merholland8707]

@@Avendora the compounds contained in that plant are not anything that needs to be in our water or our food. You know what rotenone is? Coumarin? It will indeed kill in a high enough concentration. The average person isn't going to test the seeds and then do the math on water volume and dispersal rates. They are going to grind up as many as they can get their hands on and dump all of it. It isn't illegal because"it works" It is illegal because the unintended consequences are huge and dangerous.

[@Avendora]

@@merholland8707 Good point. Thank you.

[@sunriseshell]

It is a non-native invasive in the Western US. Not all "invasives" are hard to eradicate. Some displace native plants.

[@Bart12349]

I have a rod-shaped top on mine with little yellow flowers. The flowers look nice.

[@bernadettemunson3992]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad I found your channel. I'm a prepper and I've been looking into the healing and other properties of weeds and such. Again thank you!

[@Lisa-pe4kq]

Interesting. When I was a kid we'd rub the flower into a wort and it would kill it. Had no idea why it worked then. Using it as t.p. leaves you a bit....itchy I can attest.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

I watched a documentary that said that this plant has likely made countless un described species of fish go extinct because indigenous people in remote areas have used it to such a degree that many streams and rivers where fish diversity would be incredible are empltg

[@ZBielski]

They used resources wisely I find this highly unlikely. There are people who don't want you to feed yourself. Their called industrialists.

[@mikemcdonald5147]

id like to see this done on a private pond to see how well it actually works. I would think on a private pond owned by one person wouldnt keep you from trying it and showing others just how well it works or doesnt work.

[@laureldavis500]

Unless it kills all their fish! It’s illegal to use in this way for a reason! Why is everyone so interested in killing everything…just to see if it works!

[@mikemcdonald5147]

@@laureldavis500 there are times when a small pond may get introduced with a species of plant or fish that is harmful to the balance of the ecosystem and throws it out of wack. Those time are when you would need to clean out the pond and start over. It happens more than you know.

[@AndrewFishman]

I am surprised with the multiplicity of uses that this has not been banned like cannabis was.

[@SniperLogic]

Andrew Fishman Lol. They’ll get around to it. It’s on the list, they’ve just got a hell of a list, and you know how slow government is...

[@northstarprepsteader]

I keep dried mullein leaf on hand for my cold/lung issues tea. Interesting effect on fish!!

[@kiachris76712]

Native Americans smoked it to soothe lungs

[@northstarprepsteader]

@@kiachris76712 Interesting!!

[@MadameFlora]

Can this be found everywhere by chance? Or only in specific areas?

[@northstarprepsteader]

@@MadameFlora I don't know where it grows. I actually just bought it on Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EVSIWGK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@kiachris76712]

Everywhere in the US, disturbed soils usually. Big fuzzy leaves cant miss it. No stalk first year only on 2nd year when it flowers.

[@learnwithlola2867]

Very educational especially during this time. Thank you

[@rickbrauer6794]

Mullein is one of he best natural medicines as well.

[@Walter-wo5sz]

Bill Cosby fishes this way.

[@stich1960]

Underrated comment right here.

[@saltygamer2509]

Top comment is some lame ass comment about not being able to find this when you need to poop. Not the worst comment but 670 likes. On the other hand this masterpiece of a comment has been here for a year with only 37 likes. What kinda bullshit is that.

[@myRefuge3710]

Lmao! So bad its true.

[@samodobro81]

Hahaha

[@Nonyabsnss]

You didn’t 😂 😂 😂!!! This comment should be #1

[@denisestone8491]

After this informational video, I would love to get some seeds to grow this plant for medicinal purposes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@hunt1803]

Look for a plant growing in the ditch alongside the road. They are a very common weed that grows everywhere. Look for 2nd year plants with the tall center stalk, cut it off and bring it home. You can scatter the seeds from the stalk somewhere in your yard. Or if you don't want it growing in your yard, just collect from the plant in the wild.

[@kevinmc6411]

They are very plenteous around the train tracks and railways.

[@SniperLogic]

Denise Stone it grows all over the USA. Not hard to find usually.

[@rubytrotter3766]

It’s in north central Missouri also. Didn’t know this-knew about using for respiratory problems, but this something new to me.

[@fraydnot]

I have one in my backyard, was going to dig it up. Going to leave it to see the seed pods.

[@markmorris3579]

The reason it's illegal for fishing is unlike the Native Americans modern Americans would keep using using it until there's no fish left.

[@thediplomasta5891]

Just like the Passenger Pigeon.

[@brucerockwell337]

@@thediplomasta5891 the dodo bird

[@anthonythorp7291]

Mark. You must have never been on a reservation after spearing and see pile after pile of rotting fish.

[@anthonythorp7291]

@@philupshuis1 buffalo were shot off by the army to stave the Indians.

[@markmorris3579]

@@anthonythorp7291 -You're right,I haven't seen what you described.But I still believe it would be a huge mistake to legalize this.

[@davidbrogan606]

Mullein grows from coast to coast. Also, foreign invasive means that the plant did not originate here in America.

[@alexhaney100]

That's not what it means, actually. A plant can be foreign and non-invasive. For example, tomatoes: they are non-native, but since they do not spread aggressively and crowd out native plants, they are not considered invasive.

[@davidbrogan606]

@@alexhaney100 You are correct in saying they are not considered invasive. Here in Massachusetts, common mullein has been evaluated and determined to be of concern for its presence in some fragile habitats such as limestone cliff communities. However, since it was determined not to have outcompeting qualities, it did not make the "Invasive" list, and it did not make the "Likely Invasive" or "Potentially Invasive" lists. Here is the UMass paper I used. This is the invasive bible here that is often referred to. www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/tm/invasive-plant-list.pdf

[@mspeggylee4214]

People need to use it to clear up all the breathing and allergy problems in the world. Then perhaps it will be appreciated for the amazing plant it is!!!

[@davidbrogan606]

@@mspeggylee4214 Last year when I saw a dozen of these starting up in my front lawn I instructed the man who mows my lawn to mow around them. Now They look like aliens growing up in the middle of my lawn. They are quite stunning.

[@cjw2661]

I thought he was talking about the asian carp being invasive.

[@phillcarter4683]

My wife has asthma and the tea from mullein controls her coughing. Europeans brought Mullein to the colonies for its wide range of medicinal uses.

[@justinrine8571]

In Michigan we also call it Lamb's ear and or Hunter's dream

[@humblehalfacre8464]

Lambs ear is similar. The two are different though.....

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@humblehalfacre8464 Yep. Two different fuzzy ear shaped plants.

[@sandravanover5999]

Not the same

[@cynthiaaiken2424]

@@sandravanover5999they are related

[@duxdawg]

Great vid! Mullein leaves can be charred like charcloth. Chars are very useful when igniting fires with primitive means, such as Flint & Steel, Solar, Friction, etc. Dried leaves smoked, steamed or as tea open our breathing passages.

[@johnhamil7183]

This is good to know, thank you

[@farmergirlofchickens8779]

What a coincidence, I just saved two of these wooly mulien this morning. The guy was coming to our place to plow the garden and I dug them up. I want them to bloom. This is their 2nd year. This is cool stuff to learn. I also dug up six curly dandelion that had gone to seed. They are quite tasty.

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

How did they both take to being transplanted?

[@GardensGuitars]

Very interesting video. It seems as if so much knowledge of food production has been lost over the years. I'm an ecologist and I didn't even know this. Thanks for sharing. You mentioned that each plant produces a few hundred seeds, that many seeds is only enough for one fishing trip? Can one use a smaller amount of seeds and just catch a few fish? Is there a way to do this more than once per year by using smaller amounts of the ground seed? I'm a conservationist and I'm law-abiding, but when society collapses, we all will have to resort to whatever we can do to put food on the table, and there won't be anyone to enforce these laws anyway. Taking a chance on harming some fish is definitely better than eating one's neighbors. Thanks for the tips!

[@b.williamchapman9774]

Here I've been loving the medicinal properties of mullein, and now THIS! Definitely worth a future experiment.😏

[@lindamoses3697]

The Dr. Couldn't cure a huge boil on my friend's child's head. A Mullen poltice left on overnight did the trick.

[@geraldhenley2926]

Give the child dandelion whole herb for boils it will draw the boil out and you can also put the leaves on the boil itself. Read prescription 4 for nutritional healing by phyllis balch. Buy it from swanson's vitamin store in Fargo n.d.

[@bethechange4934]

@chris mclaughlin Leaves from a peach tree? Really? What else are they good for?

[@lalajohnson7194]

Love the presentation! It's Honest and upfront. Informative and humorous. Best wishes for much success.

[@landomilknhoney]

Thank you, Brother. For being so informative and educational. I appreciate this.

[@Nobody-Nowhere-USA]

I live a 8,000 elevation in the mountains of Colorado, this plant is very common hear! I may or may not have tried this fishing technique when I was a kid, I can say, if I tried it, it worked great! 🤷‍♂️

[@barbarossa5700]

The best educational videos are the most dangerous ones, thanks great info/vid!

[@stormcrow8149]

It can break fevers & help with respiratory issues also

[@shineyrocks390]

Hello and thank you. It's grows wild here in the Black Hills mountains in Custer SD as well.

[@anitaditzler7385]

We had covid last November and I made mullein tea with honey. We didn't develop pneumonia and I think it helped