Herbal Index
- Latin Name: Achillea millefolium
- Common Name: Yarrow
- Plant constituents & properites
Volatile oils up to 0.5%. Bitters, Tannins, Flavononiods; Including Apigenin, Quercetin Rutin, Cyanogenic Glycocides, Sesquiterpine, Lactones, Hydroxy Coumarin.
Actions:
diaphoretic, antipyretic, peripheral vaso dilator, anti-inflamatory, spasmolytic, bitter tonic, styptic, anti-microbial, active fungacidal agent, effective against yeast infections,relieves flatulence and other GI colic, coughs, colds, catarrh, very potent anti-viral, regulates liver and pancrease function, good for any skin erruption, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, any and all wounds.
- Traditional uses
PARTS USED: herba
General heal-all agent. Specific for all wounds and boils, chewing the leaves for tooth ache pain, infusion of the flowers for ear aches, re-building the blood, arresting hemorrhage from lungs bowels or stomach.
- Present uses
PARTS USED: herba
Circulatory disorders requiring a stringent, high blood blood pressure, colds and flu, asthma and bronchitis, internal bleeding in general, intestinal colic and gas, accute or chronic indigestion, gastritis, loose stools, urinary tract disorders, regulates and tonifies and treats reproductive tract problems, use in all types of rheumatism.
- Contraindication
Pregnancy, known allergies.