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Teas, compounded from sage, boneset, tansy, and mullen, usually sufficed for any minor sickness, and serious illness was rare.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
We beat down the river that early autumn traded our gold-dust for food, went back to the mouth of the Mullen River, then began our march up mullen river.
From Black Beaver The Trapper by James Campbell Lewis
Frank said he would make a coffin for it, and Fanny picked mullen leaves to wrap around it.
From Frank and Fanny by Clara Jessup Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore
They followed the footprints carefully into the meadow-grass and up to the stalk of mullen.
From Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Irving Bacheller
Den yuh hadder go to whey dere some sweet gum grow en ge' de top outer dem en ge' some mullen to put wid it.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
