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Herb name: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

herbs - yarrow

Family: Asteraceae

Useful plant parts: Flowering plant

Description: Yarrow is a plant that is usually high between 20 and 40 cm. The stalk is round and filled, with a smooth or sometimes hairy surface. The leaves are divided into many smaller parts. On the tops of the stalks blossoms with many small flowers are formed, which are usually white, but may also be pink or yellow.

   

Collecting period and locations: The flowering plants are picked during summer. The plants are than bound into small bundles, and in that form they are dried in shaded and airy areas. Yarrow is a relatively common plant, growing in meadows, fields and along roads.

Medicinal properties and applications: Yarrow is an excellent herb for treatment of intestinal, stomach and bile problems. It is also good for stimulating appetite. Compresses soaked in water in which yarrow was cooked are good for healing wounds.

   

Active compounds: Essential oil, hamazulene, tannins, resins, inulin, mineral compounds and vitamin A.

Recipe: Yarrow tea can be prepared by taking two full teaspoons of dried flowering plants and adding them to 1/4 liters of boiling water, and leaving the tea for about 15 minutes. Afterwards the tea is strained, and is then ready.

 

 

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