Seth Hersh

Jumping in.here. I harvest mullein for the root, as well as the leaves and flowers. My current monster mullein is over 8' tall! See attached photo.

I use the root to make an ointment for lower back pain. It is extremely hard, even when pulled in the spring of the 2nd year.

A heavy, sharp and thick knife can force-split the thick pieces of the root apart. I have some root that are simply to hard to split by hand.

I'm looking for a permit with a good grinder - not a Ninja-type! - to run a small quantity of root through. I will pay for shipping both ways and gift you with our Arnica & Calendula ointment [comfrey (leaf), arnica (flower), calendula (flower)] for about 5 minutes of grinding. Don't need powder, just a grind into smaller pieces.

I've got root now to grind. Message me if interested. See www.catskillsComfrey.com. fwiw, I'm in upstate NY.

Spirits.

Seth J Hersh

Several seasons ago, I sourced my calendula seeds from Adaptive Seeds. The Erfurter strain for my ointments. They have thrived in the Catskills sun, soil and water! Beautiful yellow and orange, large flowers - and full of medicinal benefit. 10+ for me.

To Anne Miller: I'm grinding the burdock and/or mullein root to create an oil infusion, extracting the medicinal benefits of the roots. In theory, the more surface area of the root exposed means more recovery of the medicinal benefits. I don't need a fine powder: smaller, thin pieces of bark, eg, 1/8"-1/4" , should suffice as I infuse at a low temp for about a day. Mashing them up might work as that would increase access and permeability. Reluctant to add water to run through a meat grinder but may try a sample. The provided links were encouraging. Thanks bunches.

Can this mill grind hard roots, eg, mullein or burdock root? I broke mullein root into smaller pieces but they still destroyed a new Ninja Pro. Just need to break into smaller pieces, don't need fine powder. Want to infuse the dry root material into an oil.