Yarrow |
This year I will be collecting enough to be used medicinally too. Yarrow is specific for fevers. Drinking a cup of yarrow tea will cause you to sweat, which will lower a fever and help get rid of toxins. I would not use it right at the beginning of a fever. I'd let the fever do what it's suppose to do. (kick in that immune system) But a fever that is hanging on, I would use it. The flavonoids in yarrow and the action of dilating peripheral arteries, will also help to bring blood pressure down. Yarrow will also help to stop bleeding due to the tannins in it, .....a good reason to store some in your emergency kit.
I have to admit that yarrow is not as easy for me to "slam" down as the herbs that just taste "green". It has a distinct taste -- pretty strong. (It tastes like the crushed leaves smell.) I still store it, because I will use it if I have to. I really doubt you would be able to get it down small children. I don't think you could mask the taste. Just a little too medicine-y.
Strip the leaves off . It's the flower heads you want, whether you are crafting or using it medicinally. |
When picking yarrow in the field, please be sure not to pull up the roots. (The roots come up easy.) Yarrow is a perennial. Use a scissors to cut it, and next year it will grow in the same place. |
4 comments:
i like their looks too. i finally bought some colored varieties at the landscape place this year. hope to keep them growing here.
I have yarrow, and knew it was used medicinally (?), but didn't know how to prepare it. Thanks for the info. Debi
I just pulled a bunch out of my flower garden. It spread really bad. But I do have some in another area where I permit it. Hmmm... maybe I will dry some.
Thanks for the info, I like the idea of using it dried in fall arrangements!
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