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| Musculoskeletal system – Rheumatism. | Musculoskeletal system – Rheumatism. | ||
| - | Nervous system – Yarrow is known to produce a more relaxed mood, helping ease communication and easing stress and anxiety. Yarrow is particularly helpful for empathetic and sensitive in manner. The effect of Yarrow has been likened to Diazepam (Valium) a Benzodiazepine, | + | Nervous system – Yarrow is known to produce a more relaxed mood, helping ease communication and easing stress and anxiety. Yarrow is particularly helpful for empathetic and sensitive in manner. The effect of Yarrow has been likened to Diazepam (Valium) a Benzodiazepine, |
| Reproductive system – Yarrow is a menstrual regulator so a useful herb to treat may women’s reproductive conditions. These include Amenorrhoea, | Reproductive system – Yarrow is a menstrual regulator so a useful herb to treat may women’s reproductive conditions. These include Amenorrhoea, | ||
| - | Urinary system – The antimicrobial properties and tissue healing making it a choice for treating cystitis and urethritis. (Braun and Cohen, 2015; Corbett 2019; Fisher, 2009). | + | Urinary system – The antimicrobial properties and tissue healing making it a choice for treating cystitis and urethritis. |
| ====Adverse Conditions==== | ====Adverse Conditions==== | ||
| This plant is known to cause contact dermatitis to people who are allergic to plants of the Asteraceae family. A good indication that there is a sensitivity if near or handling the plant you start to sneeze – hence the name Sneezewort. Yarrow is used in cosemetics but only at a maximum of 2% content, that way the is a significantly decreased risk of irritation and inflammation and no phytotoxicity. | This plant is known to cause contact dermatitis to people who are allergic to plants of the Asteraceae family. A good indication that there is a sensitivity if near or handling the plant you start to sneeze – hence the name Sneezewort. Yarrow is used in cosemetics but only at a maximum of 2% content, that way the is a significantly decreased risk of irritation and inflammation and no phytotoxicity. | ||
| - | A person who drank excessive amount experienced anticholinergic effects of burry vision, dry mouth, fatigue, and palipitation. (Dogan et al, 2013) | + | A person who drank excessive amount experienced anticholinergic effects of burry vision, dry mouth, fatigue, and palipitation. |
| Not recommended during pregnancy due to the Thujone content, impact of Yarrow on breastfeeding is unknown. | Not recommended during pregnancy due to the Thujone content, impact of Yarrow on breastfeeding is unknown. | ||
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| Lithium – Yarrow may increase the transition time to eliminate lithium in the body, this potentially is a serious condition, | Lithium – Yarrow may increase the transition time to eliminate lithium in the body, this potentially is a serious condition, | ||
| High doses of Thujone are toxic to the brain – Yarrow has minimal amounts of Thujone composition. | High doses of Thujone are toxic to the brain – Yarrow has minimal amounts of Thujone composition. | ||
| - | (Mount Sinai 2024). | + | ((Mount Sinai 2024)). |
| ====Methods of use and dosage==== | ====Methods of use and dosage==== | ||
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| From a military perspective the plant represents bravery, particularly through war, this is acknowledge in the number of military names Yarrow has – Knight’s milfoil, Military herb and Soldiers’ woundwort. It is thought that soldiers / warriors wearing a sprig of yarrow gave them courage and protection, as well as be of help their wounds. | From a military perspective the plant represents bravery, particularly through war, this is acknowledge in the number of military names Yarrow has – Knight’s milfoil, Military herb and Soldiers’ woundwort. It is thought that soldiers / warriors wearing a sprig of yarrow gave them courage and protection, as well as be of help their wounds. | ||
| - | Yarrow in America has been used in a variety of ways by the Indigenous people notably the Klallam and Nuu-chah-nukth tribes. A root decoction was made to treat coughs, colds and respiratory conditions. Whilst other tribes would use an infusion of the whole plant to treat colds and sore throats. Another remedy being to chew leaves and swallow the juice. It has also been used to treat digestive disorders, particularly nausea, vomitting, diarrhoea, stomacic tonic and a general treatment for gastrointestinal disorders. (Yaniv | + | Yarrow in America has been used in a variety of ways by the Indigenous people notably the Klallam and Nuu-chah-nukth tribes. A root decoction was made to treat coughs, colds and respiratory conditions. Whilst other tribes would use an infusion of the whole plant to treat colds and sore throats. Another remedy being to chew leaves and swallow the juice. It has also been used to treat digestive disorders, particularly nausea, vomitting, diarrhoea, stomacic tonic and a general treatment for gastrointestinal disorders. |
| ====Medicinal Uses==== | ====Medicinal Uses==== | ||
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| Reproductive system – Yarrow is a menstrual regulator so a useful herb to treat may women’s reproductive conditions. These include Amenorrhoea, | Reproductive system – Yarrow is a menstrual regulator so a useful herb to treat may women’s reproductive conditions. These include Amenorrhoea, | ||
| - | Urinary system – The antimicrobial properties and tissue healing making it a choice for treating cystitis and urethritis. (Braun and Cohen, 2015; Corbett 2019; Fisher, 2009). | + | Urinary system – The antimicrobial properties and tissue healing making it a choice for treating cystitis and urethritis. |
| ====Adverse Conditions==== | ====Adverse Conditions==== | ||
| This plant is known to cause contact dermatitis to people who are allergic to plants of the Asteraceae family. A good indication that there is a sensitivity if near or handling the plant you start to sneeze – hence the name Sneezewort. Yarrow is used in cosemetics but only at a maximum of 2% content, that way the is a significantly decreased risk of irritation and inflammation and no phytotoxicity. | This plant is known to cause contact dermatitis to people who are allergic to plants of the Asteraceae family. A good indication that there is a sensitivity if near or handling the plant you start to sneeze – hence the name Sneezewort. Yarrow is used in cosemetics but only at a maximum of 2% content, that way the is a significantly decreased risk of irritation and inflammation and no phytotoxicity. | ||
| - | A person who drank excessive amount experienced anticholinergic effects of burry vision, dry mouth, fatigue, and palipitation. (Dogan et al, 2013) | + | A person who drank excessive amount experienced anticholinergic effects of burry vision, dry mouth, fatigue, and palipitation. |
| Not recommended during pregnancy due to the Thujone content, impact of Yarrow on breastfeeding is unknow. | Not recommended during pregnancy due to the Thujone content, impact of Yarrow on breastfeeding is unknow. | ||
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| **Digestive Support Tea** | **Digestive Support Tea** | ||
| Equal parts | Equal parts | ||
| - | Yarrow //(Achillea millefolium)// | + | * Yarrow //(Achillea millefolium)// |
| * Calendula // | * Calendula // | ||
| * Plantain //(Plantagi lanceolata)// | * Plantain //(Plantagi lanceolata)// | ||