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[[File:Achillea millefolium.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Achillea millefolium]]
Other names : Achillea millefolium, arrowroot, Asteraceae (family), bad man's plaything, carpenter's weed, Compositae (family), death flower, devil's nettle, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight's milefoil, knyghten, milefolium, milfoil, millefoil, noble yarrow, nosebleed, nosebleed plant, old man's mustard, old man's pepper, polyacetylenes, sanguinary, sesquiterpene lactones, seven year's love, snake's grass, soldier, soldier's woundwort, stanch weed, thousand seal, woundwort, yarroway, yerw, Duizendblad, Millefeuille, Milenrama; Civan Perçemi<br>Yarrow flower tops and leaves are the parts of the plant used for medicinal purposes.Yarrow can be taken as an infusion (yarrow tea) or as a tincture. Yarrow essential oil, extracted from the plant, is also used.<br>See also : * [[Millefolium]] (Homeopathy)*[[Bitters]]
==Special Precautions of Yarrow==
* Yarrow is an essential oil that should be avoided during pregnancy because it can alter the way certain functions are carried out in your body, which may cause harm to the unborn baby.* In rare cases, yarrow can cause severe allergic skin rashes; prolonged use can increase the skin's photosensitivity. This can be triggered initially when wet skin comes into contact with cut grass and yarrow together.* According to the ASPCA, yarrow is toxic to dogs, cats, and horses, causing vomiting, diarrhea, depression, anorexia, and hypersalivation.* In a standard rodent model for reproductive toxicity, aqueous extracts of yarrow produced a significant increase in the percentage of abnormal sperm.
==The benefits of Yarrow are==
Yarrow flower tops and leaves are the parts A. millefolium has seen historical use as in traditional medicine, often because of the plant used for medicinal purposesits astringent effects.Yarrow can The herb is purported to be taken as an infusion (yarrow tea) or as a tincturediaphoretic, astringent, tonic, stimulant and mild aromatic. Yarrow essential oilIt contains isovaleric acid, extracted from the plantsalicylic acid, is also usedasparagin, sterols, flavonoids, bitters, tannins, and coumarins.
*antibiotic
*anti-inflammatory - due to its oils
*In the past, the leaves of the yarrow plant were chewed on to reduce the pain arising from toothaches.
*The gas rising from boiling yarrow infusions were also inhaled to alleviate mild asthmatic symptoms.
 ==Recommended ProductsReferences=={{#widget:Iframe|url=http://rcm* ''Alma R. Hutchens (1973). Indian Herbology of North America. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0-na87773-639-1.amazon''*'' University of Michigan -adsystemDearborn: Native American Ethnobotany; Achillea millefolium .com/e/cm?t=wikiwelaccessed 31 January 2013''* ''Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-20&o=1&BAE Annual Report #30 (p=12&l=st1&mode=hpc&search=Achilles&nbsp;. 42)''* ''Vazirinejad R, Ayoobi F, Arababadi MK, Eftekharian MM, Darekordi A, Goudarzvand M, et al. Effect of aqueous extract of Achillea millefolium&fc1=000000&lt1=_blank&lc1=3366FF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifron the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C57BL/6 mice. Indian J Pharmacol 2014;46:303‑8.''|width=300* ''Contact Dermatitis 1998, 39:271-272.''|height=250* ''"Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants: Yarrow". ASPCA.''|border=0* ''Dalsenter P, Cavalcanti A, Andrade A, Araújo S, Marques M (2004). "Reproductive evaluation of aqueous crude extract of Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae) in Wistar rats". Reprod Toxicol. 18 (6): 819–23. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.04.011. PMID 15279880.''}}
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