The I-Ching oracle, Roman soldiers, hops, flu, nosebleeds and trout. There are many reasons why I love yarrow! Green & abundant before mid-December, it's a useful culinary herb this time of year.
Love this post thank you Monica. I use Yarrow in my plant based Soaps and also in the herb garden as a beneficial companion and ‘plant doctor’ for the other herbs. I also heard that Yarrow tea can be helpful to ameliorate the impact of excess electro magnetism created by 4G and wondered what your opinion is of this?
Snow here too today in east anglia, a welcome chill for dormant plants and trees. Sarah
Great reading as always! I live in Norway and pick yarrow every summer. I've used it to sooth an upset stomach. I've tried to use it for tendinitis in wrists with the idea of increasing blood circulation, the symptoms got better but I'm not sure it was because of the yarrow. Any ideas on this?
As a medical herbalist I use yarrow to improve uterine and bowel tone when atony is suspected. I find a strong infusion of dry herb [fresh herb could also be used] quite beneficial for this and helps to improve tone over time.
I also use it in cases of fever [to reduce it, by its diaphoretic property] and also use it often combined with thyme, mullein (or marshmallow), and german chamomile as a 'winter-bug fighter'.
I had read that yarrow was good for bleeding so when a friends child had a bike crash, smashing his wee lip, I grabbed a few leaves, rubbed together then put it on. It helped calm and soothe him and slowed the bleeding. Was my first time using plants medicinally.
Hi Monica! Thanks for this fun article. I was most interested to read that Yarrow was "so popular with Roman soldiers that they had a special little leather pouch to attach to their belts to contain their powdered yarrow"! I've tried to find further information on this but Uncle Google isn't helping. Could you share a reference for this, and/or the name of the pouches for the yarrow powder? I'd love to investigate further. :-)
A loving lively read, thanks. Yarrow grew in my allotment in abundance one year, so I harvested the flowering tops dried & stored them. That November my wrists were suddenly painful & inflamed. Yarrow tea with meadowsweet sorted them out. I keep a pot of powdered dried yarrow leaf in the kitchen to sprinkle in cuts; never thought to put it in a fish dish. I'll try that out.
Love this post thank you Monica. I use Yarrow in my plant based Soaps and also in the herb garden as a beneficial companion and ‘plant doctor’ for the other herbs. I also heard that Yarrow tea can be helpful to ameliorate the impact of excess electro magnetism created by 4G and wondered what your opinion is of this?
Snow here too today in east anglia, a welcome chill for dormant plants and trees. Sarah
Great reading as always! I live in Norway and pick yarrow every summer. I've used it to sooth an upset stomach. I've tried to use it for tendinitis in wrists with the idea of increasing blood circulation, the symptoms got better but I'm not sure it was because of the yarrow. Any ideas on this?
As a medical herbalist I use yarrow to improve uterine and bowel tone when atony is suspected. I find a strong infusion of dry herb [fresh herb could also be used] quite beneficial for this and helps to improve tone over time.
I also use it in cases of fever [to reduce it, by its diaphoretic property] and also use it often combined with thyme, mullein (or marshmallow), and german chamomile as a 'winter-bug fighter'.
Excellent information on Yarrow. I was wondering if pink yarrow has any additional features. Thanks in advance..
I had read that yarrow was good for bleeding so when a friends child had a bike crash, smashing his wee lip, I grabbed a few leaves, rubbed together then put it on. It helped calm and soothe him and slowed the bleeding. Was my first time using plants medicinally.
Hi Monica! Thanks for this fun article. I was most interested to read that Yarrow was "so popular with Roman soldiers that they had a special little leather pouch to attach to their belts to contain their powdered yarrow"! I've tried to find further information on this but Uncle Google isn't helping. Could you share a reference for this, and/or the name of the pouches for the yarrow powder? I'd love to investigate further. :-)
A loving lively read, thanks. Yarrow grew in my allotment in abundance one year, so I harvested the flowering tops dried & stored them. That November my wrists were suddenly painful & inflamed. Yarrow tea with meadowsweet sorted them out. I keep a pot of powdered dried yarrow leaf in the kitchen to sprinkle in cuts; never thought to put it in a fish dish. I'll try that out.