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Yarrow

Achillea Millefolium

Names	Historic Uses	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.

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)

Herb Bread

** see Herbs at Passover and Recipes

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.

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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