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Yarrow

Achillea Millefolium


Names

History

Constituents

Uses

Achillea millefolium
Milfoil Woundwort
Carpenter's Weed
Old Mans' Pepper
Soldiers' Woundwort
Knights' Milfoil
Herbe Militaris
Thousand Bleed
Nose Bleed
Bloodwort
Staunchweed
Sanguinary
Devils' Nettle
Devils' Plaything
Bad Mans' Plaything
Yarroway

Wounds healing, stemming blood flow, Achilles cured warriors with leaves, the name is a corruption of Anglo Saxon, gearwe, plant , and of Dutch, yerw.


Soldiers called it Knights' Milfoil, or Soldiers' Woundwort. 1
Called the military herb by the Ancients.
A discovery of Achilles.
Used in spell making for divination .


Norwegian cure for rheumatism.
A recommendation of Linnaeus for rheumatism and toothache.

volatile oil containing azulene
a glycoalkaloide
achilleine (use dried flowers and leaves)
diaphoretic
antipyretic
hypotensive
diuretic and urinary
antispetic
hypotension and coronary
thrombosis
dysentery
diarrhoea
use fresh leaves for toothache
menstrual regulation
stimulates gastric secretion
fresh herbs in salad and herb bread, use in soups and stews*
hops sub in brewing
cosmetic cleaner: greasy complexion

tobacco sub mixed with clover blossoms and sage leaves (or shreds of tobacco) gives a tobacco-like taste.**

I Ching sticks for fortune telling
also woven wreathes cane*
combine with Elderflowers and Peppermint for influenza.



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Yarrow Tea

Two tbsp in 2-3 cups hot water steeped five minutes. Drink one cup with honey.

Prep; Fluid extract, 1/2 to 1 drachm.

Boil Yarrow Leaves into your Oatmeal?

1Ever think of the pleasant yarrow scent of Peparation H? Highlanders can freely wear their kilts and hang out in the breeze; their traditional "Soldiers Woundwort" ointment is good for piles (hemmorhoids).



Contra-Indications



Too much causes headache and vertigo


Herb Bread

LINK TO: Herbs at Passover and Recipes

Referenced


  1. soup: fill a tea egg with dried yarrow and boil in soup stock
  2. ** an experimental blend by the author
  3. * water spray a wreath of yarrow 'canes", watch a fresh green wreath grow from it.

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See A Modern Herbal for a poem spell consisting of repeating a verse while holding a yarrow leaf up the nose.

See the same book for a spell from an herb sachet for a vision of future marriage.

References:

The Encyclopaedia of Herbs and Herbalism, edited by Malcolm Stuart, Orbis Publishing London 1970

A Modern Herbal, Mrs Grieve F.R.H.S., Tiger Books International, London



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