Yarrow -- Achillea Millefolium
Also know as Milfoil, Old Man's Pepper, Soldier's Woundwort, Knight's Milfoil, Herbe Militaris, Thousand Weed, Nose Bleed, Carpenter's Weed, Bloodwort, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Devil's Nettle, Devil's Plaything, Bad Man's Plaything, Yarroway, Arrowroot, Death Flower, Eerie, Field Hops, Hundred Leaved Grass, Knyghten, Noble Yarrow, Old Man's Mustard, Seven Year's Love, Snake's Grass, Thousand Seal, and probably any other goofy name you choose to make up. I lean toward Bad Man's Plaything myself...
After the previous exhaustive research, I also discovered yarrow is a valuable medicinal herb, with much scientific evidence of use in alternative medicine as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, emmenagogue, stimulant, and tonics, vasodilator and vulnerary. Fortunately, I've never needed an emmenagogue. In fact, I thought that was the name of a rapper.
It is also used against colds, cramps, fevers, kidney disorders, toothaches, skin irritations, and hemorrhages, and to regulate menses, stimulate the flow of bile, and purify the blood. And those of you who have ever had your bile stimulated know exactly how great that can be. Yarrow herb tea is a good remedy for severe colds and flu, for stomach ulcers, amenorrhea, abdominal cramps, abscesses, trauma and bleeding, and to reduce inflammation. Clearly, all of you must be suffering from one or more of these afflictions and need to immediately go out and get some yarrow.
-- Facts compiled from a variety of sites when Googling "Yarrow"
[Best large where you can spot a few ants I didn't even know were there, but nonetheless, inadvertently eliminates this from inclusion in any of those strict "NO BUGS" groups. Oh well...]
Yarrow -- Achillea Millefolium
Also know as Milfoil, Old Man's Pepper, Soldier's Woundwort, Knight's Milfoil, Herbe Militaris, Thousand Weed, Nose Bleed, Carpenter's Weed, Bloodwort, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Devil's Nettle, Devil's Plaything, Bad Man's Plaything, Yarroway, Arrowroot, Death Flower, Eerie, Field Hops, Hundred Leaved Grass, Knyghten, Noble Yarrow, Old Man's Mustard, Seven Year's Love, Snake's Grass, Thousand Seal, and probably any other goofy name you choose to make up. I lean toward Bad Man's Plaything myself...
After the previous exhaustive research, I also discovered yarrow is a valuable medicinal herb, with much scientific evidence of use in alternative medicine as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, emmenagogue, stimulant, and tonics, vasodilator and vulnerary. Fortunately, I've never needed an emmenagogue. In fact, I thought that was the name of a rapper.
It is also used against colds, cramps, fevers, kidney disorders, toothaches, skin irritations, and hemorrhages, and to regulate menses, stimulate the flow of bile, and purify the blood. And those of you who have ever had your bile stimulated know exactly how great that can be. Yarrow herb tea is a good remedy for severe colds and flu, for stomach ulcers, amenorrhea, abdominal cramps, abscesses, trauma and bleeding, and to reduce inflammation. Clearly, all of you must be suffering from one or more of these afflictions and need to immediately go out and get some yarrow.
-- Facts compiled from a variety of sites when Googling "Yarrow"
[Best large where you can spot a few ants I didn't even know were there, but nonetheless, inadvertently eliminates this from inclusion in any of those strict "NO BUGS" groups. Oh well...]