Its usefulness for treating rheumatic and arthritic pains is another benefit healers in previous centuries believed mullein possessed. Some explain that it relieves aching joints by lubricating surrounding tissues. These treatments invariably involved external applications of mullein in earlier times, but today some people also take it internally in the form of drops. Many doctors would be skeptical about mullein's pain relief capabilities given the lack of supporting scientific research, but the users testify to its effectiveness.

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