Achillea, Yarrow

Millefolium
Yang Shi Cao (TCM)
'Greater' (left) and 'Lesser' (right) Yarrow
Della Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562

Koehler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887
Botanical 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 and Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat:
-Fevers including Spotted and Intermittent; Fever with Chills

2. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Regulates Menstruation:
-painful and irregular Menstruation; Dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea, Menorrhagia

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.

4. Calms the Mind, Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-Headache, Migraine, Nervousness, Cramps

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
-applied to venomous Bites, Tumors,
-mouth wash for Mouth Sores and Ulcers, rotten Gums etc.
-juice is applied to Warts
-hair wash for Dandruff
-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.

Main Preparations used: