Achillea, Yarrow

Millefolium
Yang Shi Cao (TCM)

‘Greater’ (left) and ‘Lesser’ (right) Yarrow
Della Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562

Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887

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Classification:

2O. ASTRINGENTS.   2P. HEMOSTATICS.   2T. GLUTINATE
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS

Uses:

1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat:
-Fevers including Spotted and Intermittent; Fever with Chills; Typhoid Fever, Malaria
-promotes rashes in Measles, Small Pox, Chicken Pox
-Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis (auxiliary herb for these conditions)
-’some hold the Herb and the Flower for the great secret to preserve from, and cure the Plague’. (Schroder)
2. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Regulates Menstruation:
-painful and irregular Menstruation; Dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea, Menorrhagia
-Menopausal disorders
-Wounds, Bruising, internal Injury
-Cerebral and Coronary Thrombosis
-prevents Thrombosis after stroke, heart attack or surgery
-Tumors and Cancers (Breast, Liver, Spleen, Genitals etc.)
-recommended before and after Cancer surgery to prevent Metastases
-“It is useful in Ulcers, expels Fetus and Placenta, opens the mouth of Uterus (Os Uteri) and removes its hardness when administered orally or applied in the form of a plaster”. (Avicenna)
3. Stops Leakage and Bleeding
-Diarrhea, Dysentery, Gonorrhea, Spermatorrhea, Leukorrhea
-stops Bleeding, good for Hemorrhage from the Nose, Bowels, Uterine Bleeding, Spitting of Blood etc.
-Menorrhagia (‘one of the best remedies’, King’s)
-Incontinence
-Diabetes, Brights disease (various incl. King’s)
-“It dissolves Kidney Stones”. (Avicenna)
4. Calms the Mind, Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-Headache, Migraine, Nervousness, Hysteria, Melancholy, Epilepsy, Cramps, Depression
-more recently for Hypertension
5. Benefits the Stomach:
-poor Appetite, stomach Cramps, Flatulence, Dyspepsia, Gastritis
6. Kills Worms.
7. Externally:
-Wounds, Tumors and Inflammations
-externally for Headaches, sore Eyes, blood nose, bleeding Wounds, Toothache
-topically to Hemorrhoids, Hernias, Hematomas
-in douches or to the lower abdomen for excess Menstruation, Leukorrhea; also in douches to tighten the Vagina
-“Sitting in its decoction helps in (regulating) menstruation”. (Avicenna)
-applied to venomous Bites, Tumors,
-mouth wash for Mouth Sores and Ulcers, rotten Gums etc.
-juice is applied to Warts
-hair wash for Dandruff
-“Inhalation of the vapours arising from its decoction gives relief in cases of Nasal Obstruction”. (Avicenna)
-in Baths for Rheumatism, Nervous disorders

Main Combinations:

Burdock root & Yarrow
1. Cold or Flu from Wind-Heat, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
2. Cold or Flu with Cough, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
3. Cold, Flu with Sinus congestion, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
4. Cold, Flu, Sinus congestion, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
5. Cold, Flu, Sore Throat, Headache, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
6. Measles, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
7. Bronchitis, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
8. Recurring Fever, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
9. Acute Inflammation, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
10. Nervousness related to Menstruation, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
11. Depression related to Menstruation, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
12. Amenorrhea, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
13. Menstrual pain, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
14. Another for Menstrual pain, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
15. Excessive Menstruation, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
16. Pelvic Inflammation, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
17. Leukorrhea, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
18. Stomach diseases, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
19. Gastritis, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
20. Hypertension, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
21. Also for Hypertension, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
22 Hemorrhoids, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
23. Varicose veins, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
24. Coronary Thrombosis, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version
25. Internal Bleeding, Yarrow with  … available in PRO version