Achillea, Yarrow
MillefoliumYang Shi Cao (TCM)
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Della Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562
Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSIONBotanical name:
Achillea millefolium
Parts used:
Herb in flower
Temperature & Taste:
Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter
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
Cautions:
1. Use caution during Pregnancy, avoid full doses.