Isetshenziselwa ukwelapha izifo zokuphefumula, i-mullein umuthi onezinye izinzuzo. Zazi.
IGAMA LESAYENSI: IGnaphalium oxyphyllum DC.
UMNDENI: I-Compositae.
Lezi zinhlobo zisetshenziswa ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene enkabeni nasenyakatho yezwe ezifana neFederal District, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Sonora kanye ne State of Mexico ngoba ilusizo emithini yokwelapha yesintu. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo ukwelapha izifo zokuphefumula ezifana nokukhwehlela, umkhuhlane, i-asthma, i-bronchitis, ukutheleleka komphimbo nezinkinga zesifuba kunconywa kakhulu. Ukwelashwa kuqukethe ukupheka amagatsha ngezimbali, enziwe ngoju, ukuphuzwa kufudumele ngaphambi kokulala. Ezimweni zokukhwehlela okungapheli nomkhuhlane, kungeniswa kathathu ngosuku, noma esiswini esingenalutho isonto lonke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukupheka ngobisi kanye nezinye izitshalo kuyasiza kakhulu kulezi zimo. Ibuye isetshenziswe kabanzi ekuphazamiseni kwesisu, izilonda kanye nama-parasites emathumbu, lapho ukwelashwa kuqukethe ukupheka isitshalo.
I-Herbaceous ekala phakathi kuka-30 no-80 cm ukuphakama, nesiqu esinoboya. Amaqabunga amancane futhi a-silky ngokubukeka. Izithelo zayo zincane futhi imbewu iyinala. Imvelaphi yayo ayaziwa, kepha eMexico ihlala ezindaweni ezifudumele, ezifudumele futhi ezipholile. Ikhula emhlabeni oshiyiwe futhi ihlotshaniswa ne-tropical deciduous, sub-evergreen, evergreen, xerophilous scrub, mesophilic mountain, oki kanye ne-pine ehlathini elixubekile.
