Yarrow

Millefolii herba, yarrow herb.  
Millefolii flos, yarrow flower.  

Yarrow herb consists of the fresh or dried, above-ground parts of Achillea millefolium L.  [Fam.  Asteraceae], harvested at flowering season, as well as its preparations in effective dosage.  

Yarrow flower consists of the dried inflorescence of A.  millefolium L.   s.l. [Fam.  Asteraceae], as well as its preparations in effective dosage.  

The drug contains essential oil and proazulene.  

Uses

Internal:

• Loss of appetite, dyspeptic ailments, such as mild, spastic discomforts of the gastrointestinal tract.  

As sitz bath:

• Painful, cramp-like conditions of psychosomatic origin (in the lower part of the female pelvis).  

Contraindications

Allergy to yarrow and other composites.  

Side Effects

None known.  

None known.  

Unless otherwise prescribed:

Daily dosage:

• 4.5 g yarrow herb;
• 3 tsp.  pressed juice from fresh plants;
• 3 g yarrow flowers;
• equivalent preparations.  

For sitz baths:

• 100 g yarrow per 20 l (5 gal.) of water.  

Comminuted drug for teas and other galenical preparations for internal use and for sitz baths, pressed juice of fresh plants for internal use.  

Choleretic
Antibacterial
Astringent
Antispasmodic