Only three species of yarrow are considered native to North America, Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica, northern US and Canada), Chinese yarrow (Achillea alpina in Canada but not the US) and common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), which is in every state and province.
Yarrow is one of the most important medicinal plants in the history of mankind. It grows in the northern hemisphere around the world. There are written records that the ancient chinese used it along with the ancient greeks and the romans.
The USDA even has Ethnobotanic data: Several tribes of the Plains region of the United States including the Pawnee and Chippewa tribes used common yarrow. The Pawnee used the stalk in a treatment for pain relief. The Chippewa used the leaves in a steam inhalant for headaches. They also chewed the roots and applied the saliva to their appendages as a stimulant. The Cherokee drank a tea of common yarrow to reduce fever and aid in restful sleep.
The truth is... all tribes used this plant for 100's of purposes...
Yarrow has many, many uses. I’m sure ancient peoples without written language were using it. Who knows how much of their knowledge survived.
The genus name Achillea comes from the ancient Greek warrior Achilles. Homer’s lliad says Achilles used yarrow during the Trojan Wars. He used it to stop bleeding from battle wounds. It’s been used for this purpose through out the 2400 years since.
I’ve used it to save my donkey’s life when he was bleeding to death on a Sunday. I got him to eat a handful of feed soaked with a little yarrow tincture and honey. 12 minutes later the bleeding stopped. Important – yarrow is not a coagulant! It a blood balancer, some describe it as blood mover. It makes blood do exactly what it is supposed to do, it is the “Master of Blood”.
Example - I sent yarrow tincture to a lady I know. She used to help more than one young couple get pregnant. Young women have been using yarrow to help them get pregnant for millennia.
Yarrow is wonderful with many women’s health issues, far too many to list here. The most comprehensive account of yarrow as a female medicine was by the late Maria Treben, an Australian herbalist. She also recommended that every woman from 13 to 90 have a cup of yarrow tea once in a while as a general safeguard.
The Chinese use yarrow to keep stagnant blood from turning into bad blood which according to chinese medicine causes cancer. They also use yarrow for fevers that cause bleeding. It’s on my list of herbs for viral hemorrhagic fevers including Ebola.
My favorite write up on yarrow is 19 pages of fine print in a book by Mathew Wood… Any part of the body blood flows through can be affected by yarrow. This is a plant every prepper should know.
Yarrow is rare where I live so I grow it, it’s a tough hardy plant. Example… pic #1 yarrow from my yard is trying to grow onto my concrete slab porch and is blooming. Now that’s a plant that is easy to grow.
Pic#2 yarrow in a pot on my porch. It’s the plant I bought at lowes the other day that almost died. It’s flourishing now. Pics 1&2 were taken tonight.
Pics #3&4 a white blooming yarrow growing beside a pine thicket on a lonely stretch of country road. The county did a lot of work here last summer on the shoulder of the road. Did they kill the yarrow… nope. I took these photo’s last week.
The last pic is a white yarrow in a pot either last year or the year before. Sometimes yarrow will have a yellow bloom.
Yarrow is one of the most important medicinal plants in the history of mankind. It grows in the northern hemisphere around the world. There are written records that the ancient chinese used it along with the ancient greeks and the romans.
The USDA even has Ethnobotanic data: Several tribes of the Plains region of the United States including the Pawnee and Chippewa tribes used common yarrow. The Pawnee used the stalk in a treatment for pain relief. The Chippewa used the leaves in a steam inhalant for headaches. They also chewed the roots and applied the saliva to their appendages as a stimulant. The Cherokee drank a tea of common yarrow to reduce fever and aid in restful sleep.
The truth is... all tribes used this plant for 100's of purposes...
Yarrow has many, many uses. I’m sure ancient peoples without written language were using it. Who knows how much of their knowledge survived.
The genus name Achillea comes from the ancient Greek warrior Achilles. Homer’s lliad says Achilles used yarrow during the Trojan Wars. He used it to stop bleeding from battle wounds. It’s been used for this purpose through out the 2400 years since.
I’ve used it to save my donkey’s life when he was bleeding to death on a Sunday. I got him to eat a handful of feed soaked with a little yarrow tincture and honey. 12 minutes later the bleeding stopped. Important – yarrow is not a coagulant! It a blood balancer, some describe it as blood mover. It makes blood do exactly what it is supposed to do, it is the “Master of Blood”.
Example - I sent yarrow tincture to a lady I know. She used to help more than one young couple get pregnant. Young women have been using yarrow to help them get pregnant for millennia.
Yarrow is wonderful with many women’s health issues, far too many to list here. The most comprehensive account of yarrow as a female medicine was by the late Maria Treben, an Australian herbalist. She also recommended that every woman from 13 to 90 have a cup of yarrow tea once in a while as a general safeguard.
The Chinese use yarrow to keep stagnant blood from turning into bad blood which according to chinese medicine causes cancer. They also use yarrow for fevers that cause bleeding. It’s on my list of herbs for viral hemorrhagic fevers including Ebola.
My favorite write up on yarrow is 19 pages of fine print in a book by Mathew Wood… Any part of the body blood flows through can be affected by yarrow. This is a plant every prepper should know.
Yarrow is rare where I live so I grow it, it’s a tough hardy plant. Example… pic #1 yarrow from my yard is trying to grow onto my concrete slab porch and is blooming. Now that’s a plant that is easy to grow.
Pic#2 yarrow in a pot on my porch. It’s the plant I bought at lowes the other day that almost died. It’s flourishing now. Pics 1&2 were taken tonight.
Pics #3&4 a white blooming yarrow growing beside a pine thicket on a lonely stretch of country road. The county did a lot of work here last summer on the shoulder of the road. Did they kill the yarrow… nope. I took these photo’s last week.
The last pic is a white yarrow in a pot either last year or the year before. Sometimes yarrow will have a yellow bloom.
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