Achilla millefolium
Common Name: Yarrow herb
Comment: Regulates the menstrual cycle (ie. too frequent).
Theme 4: tea for fevers and colds; poultice for swellings.
Purposes: (See also Disease: Signs & Symptoms)
| birth | Diaphoretic for skin transpiration and excretion. |
| cramps | Antispasmodic on womb. |
Used In: (See Formulas)
Alimentary Cleanser Tea
Erysipelas Tonic #1DC148
Febrile Decoction #2DC41
Heartburn Tea #2DC77
Incontinence Tonic #1DC162
Parturient
Parturient (Goat)
Pile Decoction #2DC40
Rheumatism Decoction #1DC178
Sciatica Tea #1DC179
Properties:
Anti-Catarrhal
Anti-Inflammatory
Antiseptic
Anti-Spasmotic
Astringent
Diaphoretic
Diuretic
Emmenagogue
Febrifuge
Haemostatic
Healing Agent
Nervine
Stimulant
Stomachic
Tonic
Contraindication(s): Moderation in pregnancy.
Constituents:
| Bitter glyco-alkaloid | Achilleine (betonicine). |
| Flavonoid | s. Including luteolin, apigenin, kaempferol, quercetin. |
| Glycoside | Benzaldehyde cyanidin glycoside (cyanophoric component). |
| Polyacetylenic amides | In the fresh plant. |
| Sesquiterpene lactone | Bitter. Cytotoxic effects due to the presence of an a-methylene-g-lactone grouping. Azulene. |
| Volatile oil | 0.5%. Including the sesquiterpene achillin; and the monoterpenes, in order of decreasing quantity, camphor, sabinene, cineol, isoartemisia ketone, a-pinene, b-pinene, camphene. |
Materia Medica: (See Materia Medica.)
| Astringents | FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE |
| Circulatory relaxants | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |
| Decongestants | FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE |
| Diaphoretic & Sudorific | IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| Diffuse Stimulants | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |
| Diuretics | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |