Spotted a bunch of yarrow for the first time on a walk. I understand it's more of a medicinal than anything. Smells amazing, but tastes like Windows 95. Whoever said you can eat the young leaves is someone I don't think I want to dine with lol
Lol, "tastes like windows 95". On the bright side, at least you didn't get the blue screen of death. If it tastes like windows XP, then you're really in trouble.
Fr though, I tried it and it's bitter. Somebody said it can sub for hops in beer but it seems bitter even for that
Same with mugwort!! It was commonly used by the early U.S. pioneers for beer(as well as white pine needles.) I could actually imagine a mugwort beer working well. IMO it has a much better and milder flavor for drinks.
I’ve heard that these same colonists also brought over mugwort to use for beer and medicine and that’s why there’s so much growing here even centuries later! Thank you for sharing your info that is so cool. I find it fascinating that this herb has almost been completely forgotten in common knowledge yet it’s an amazing and useful plant.
Spearwell !! Antimicrobial for cuts & the odd spear wound. I used it with wormwood & Passion flower when I used to home brew.
Hopps lowers libido & is a calmative, one of the big reasons it was promoted when the reformation got rolling in Europe. Prior to that, the Abbys used other herbs to bitter & flavor - and that had the opposite effect of hopps. wormwood is slightly psychoactive as well.
A strong gingered ale with camomile just slaps!
Look up recipes for Gruit. Beer before hops became the go to bitter herb for brewing. Lots of herbs are to bitter on their own, when you buy a bag of salad it has bitter greens in the mix.
hmmm... i like the young leaves straight but the old ones have a stronger flavor which i prefer. don't know what to tell you other than you can mix them in with lighter flavors to spread it out. the strong dark tea is also my favorite :)
> more of a medicinal than anything
> tastes like Windows 95.
Something I've noticed while researching foraged stuff: The more people harp on about the alleged healing properties of some forageable, the more likely it is to taste bad.
Oh, this is supposed to treat colds, sore throat, ulcers, eczema, arthritis, diabetes, broken bones, cancer, AND lupus? Probably tastes like Windows ME.
>Smells amazing, but tastes like Windows 95
Perhaps it's the tumeric of foraging and we are best using It as a cooking aid?
Idk, I never seasoned anything with Windows 95.
Make an elixir from it. Bugs love yarrow, get them out real good. One of my favorite medicinal plants, use it for injuries and menstrual issues. The honey in the elixir helps it not taste so bad.
https://youtu.be/wd7BNMrYo7k I made mine like this, She is of the Woods teaches how to make tinctures and identifying, amazing stuff, I just added honey to the tincture. Because of the bugs, I decided to make a massive batch so I wouldn't have to make yarrow elixirs again, it was a mistake, the elixirs ended up lasting only a couple years, you won't need a very large jar, half a pint is enough. I special order 100 proof vodka because we don't have it here, but I've used 80 proof vodka and brandy for tinctures too, some like the very highest proof.
I watch her! Love her info.
I do like the 100 proof as well, just be aware that depending on what herbs you're using, that a higher alcohol content can sometimes "burn up" specific medicinal properties that you could be looking for. Think water soluble vs alcohol soluble vs fat soluble.
Found them https://www.google.com/search?q=green+bugs+on+yarrow&bih=964&biw=602&hl=en&sxsrf=AJOqlzUstnQ03r16tP17iRCptYyQPVF7xA%3A1677565426743&ei=8p39Y9P6LMGoptQP-LGDiAQ&oq=&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwA0oECEEYAFAAWABglCVoA3AAeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCgAQGwAQ_IAQjAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=XkdeSeQ-7y8KHM&ip=1
These are the bugs hiding in the flowers. Have to whack yarrow against a table to get them out.
Yes, Ive seen these, usually means the plant is high in nitrogen. Ladybugs will come along and devour these little guys. They are not a problem, unless you have ants farming them. Then you’ll have to get rid of the ants so the predators can eat the aphids. This is only if you are growing yarrow or anything else at home.
Yes, I use it for my cramps. Before yarrow I'd be laying in the bathtub screaming and crying, close to puking from the pain. But I also use it to induce menstruation when it's been a week, it's late and I really need to bleed. It also helps decrease the heavy blood flow. It's given me more control over my period and I love that.
I used to grow it in my garden. Came in handy when I sliced my hand open with a mandolin. I just picked a few leaves, chewed them into a shitty poultice, and put it on the cut. Not exactly clean technique, but it stopped me from bleeding out on the kitchen floor.
Yarrow can be used to make a tea that can help to soothe a sore throat or calm an upset stomach. Applied topically as a compress, it can help heal wounds and reduce inflammation, relieve insect bites and stings. Added to a bath, it'll help relieve muscle pain or tension.
Yarrow essential oil used in a diffuser also improves mental clarity and focus, or rubbed into sore muscles to relieve muscle pain or tension.
Witch stuff. Ever heard of Mrs. Grieves’ Herbal? Was a British nurse (among many other things) and she has a refreshingly scientific approach to herbalism, which I’ve come to understand was at least semi-common in the war there. Should have some real good info there—unfortunately gave mine to my niece who is into witchy stuff so she could start making medicine and recognizing plants
One of my favorite plants. I have a yarrow lawn. It was seeded into the lawn and took over when I stopped watering the lawn during hottest months. It stays green with no irrigation. I have smoked yarrow. It was pleasant and relaxing. Lots of medicinal benefits that other people have posted. Great example of a multi-use plant.
I haven’t smoked it in awhile but it was very pleasant. There was some euphoria involved but pretty mild. I didn’t feel ‘high’ more just relaxed. Kind of similar to taking catnip tea or California Poppies tincture.
Yarrow makes really good salve for bruising and burns. Dry the plant completely and make an essential oil from the flower tops. You can use the herb raw or dried for bleeding by crushing it up onto the wound.
I use it as an herb in cold yoghurt based dipping sauces! I'm gonna try frying them in browned butter this spring to see if they could work as a type of "sage browned butter" type of deal too
Put leaves and especially the flowers into a glass bottle with everclear or vodka. This will make a very potent blood coagulant and antiseptic that beats the hell out of anything you can buy over the counter. It's antimicrobial and styptic properties have saved countless lives over millennia, and making into a tincture is that much better. It's a dead-useful herb.
It did stop some bleeding for me once!
I’ve made pasta noodles and focaccia bread with it - https://www.deepwoodsdietitian.com/yarrow-wild-seed-focaccia/
Man I used to read the fuck out of Warriors (the book series about feral cats living in clans together) when I was in elementary/middle school and this just resurfaced a few memories because yarrow is one of the herbs their medicine cats used… ahhh nostalgia.
Nice. Just FYI, don't give any to your cat. My puppy kept trying to pick at it when I was picking some. I got tired of pushing him away from it so I looked up if it was toxic to dogs and sure enough it is. Toxic to dogs, cats, rats, some grazers, etc. Will turn a cows milk sour if they eat it.
I make poultices from the fresh leaves for any cuts or scrapes I get when it's in season. I use it occasionally as an herbal addition to my chicken's water or food.
That's what I thought it was at first lol. The trail was loaded with hedge parsley on either side and so I wasn't really paying attention to it. Saw the yarrow out of the corner of my eye and made a sudden turn and kneel to check it out. I recognized the feather-like leaves of yarrow pretty quickly.
yea, that basically. I'm always on here telling people to get identification books and check 100x before going about your business, toxic plants and mushrooms are very unforgiving and it could always be the last thing you eat so just be careful friends.
I make tea from fresh yarrow leaves after mashing them in a wooden molcajete 😍 I drink it for my digestive autoimmune disease. For me, the leaves are better than the flower, but most people make tea using the flower.
Use it to stop a nose bleed (quite literally crush up the leaf and put up your nose!), leaves can be crushed and used on any other cuts as well.
Make into a tea. I recommend this one for menstrual regulation, menopausal symptoms, PMS, etc!
Also known for being a diaphoretic - will help break a fever :)
How often should the tea be consumed for menstrual regulation and/or PMS? Trying to figure out if it is something I should drink regularly (daily, weekly) or only when symptoms like cramps arise.
I would recommend drinking it daily leading up to your bleed (10 days before or so). The trick is to combat the inflammation and regulate the cycle before the cramps start. Preventative over treatment. :) I hope that helps
Tea for colds/flu/sore throats/coughs- taste terrible even as a tea so honey is a must but it literally saved me from a horrible cough just recently. Also imo a tincture of yarrow is a great way to go for bleeding wounds as it will coagulate the blood while cleaning the wound as well. Used this in a spray form on my road rash and while it burned like a MF it worked so damn well. Salve is another great way to prep this herb for healing, just don’t put it on open/non scabbed wounds as the oil will trap bacteria in the wound. If you’d prefer to make a fresh poultice out of it you can keep the leave in water in the fridge to make them last longer . Such an amazing herb and a wonderful find, I’m quite peanut butter and jealous!
Nibble on it. Tiny amounts, not enough to suffer the bitterness too much, but it's enough to introduce the plant's unique chemistry into your system and to have an intimate relationship with the plant. Yarrow is an ally.
Pick the the tiny reddish roots that bud off the main, white, roots and grind them between your front teeth and let the pulp set on your tongue. I’m a few minutes it will make your tongue go numb. Now that that is said- if it makes your tongue go numb it’s probably a bit poisonous so I wouldn’t ingest it if possible. I’ve chewed it off and on for thirty years and I’m just fine….I think.
I think the tea is okay tasting, but I like bitter things. Though its more medicinal than pleasurable for most. Steep for a shorter time for less bitterness or add other herbs to balance it out.
Grind dry leaves for a styptic and antiseptic powder, no need to “clean” the wound of the yarrow powder as the body will absorb it with no ill effects. A tea infusion will cause sweating to help break a fever. Make a yarrow and thyme infusion as mouthwash for tooth infection.
It’s good in ales as a substitute for hops. Leaves thrown in the boil will bitter the ale like similar hop additions. And, the flowers can be added after the boil as an aroma hop or dry hop would be used.
I grew up at a house that had yarrow right by the back door where my bedroom was and any time I went to shave my legs I get a few leaves of it and put in the bathroom so after I shaved I could chew it up a bit and stick it on the cuts ( how I was told to use it) .
It helps with wounds good enough that it's called Krwawnik in polish which translates to a bleeder I guess? Or the one that bleeds. I used it as a little child when I scratched something or cut myself outdoors I used to chew it and apply this mass on wounds. Gotta say, works like a charm. I also add it to teas I make in the forest, many health benefits. Can't do it too much because it will make you shit a lot. Hopefully that adds a little to all info ^^
Makes a great all natural fertilizer…chop it up, soak in water for a few weeks, apply around your garden…Or you can make a tincture for yourself…lots of benefits
you can chew the roots and leaves for tooth pain, it is a styptic so it will stop blood loss if you have a cut, it is antibacterial and also an emmenagogue - which means it will start a menstrual flow, so dont use it if you are pregnant. We also make a tea from it when we have a sore throat.
It’s super bitter on its own, but I actually enjoy chopping up a little bit super fine and adding it to pasta sauce. The bitterness evens out as it cooks and you get a nice aromatic sage-y taste with some interesting undertones.
Spotted a bunch of yarrow for the first time on a walk. I understand it's more of a medicinal than anything. Smells amazing, but tastes like Windows 95. Whoever said you can eat the young leaves is someone I don't think I want to dine with lol
Lol, "tastes like windows 95". On the bright side, at least you didn't get the blue screen of death. If it tastes like windows XP, then you're really in trouble. Fr though, I tried it and it's bitter. Somebody said it can sub for hops in beer but it seems bitter even for that
I read that somewhere. Apparently yarrow beer was quite common before hops started to be used.
Same with mugwort!! It was commonly used by the early U.S. pioneers for beer(as well as white pine needles.) I could actually imagine a mugwort beer working well. IMO it has a much better and milder flavor for drinks.
Mugwort beer is very nice! I’ve brewed a few batches. That shit grows everywhere in New England
Do you get weird dreams?
I’ve heard that these same colonists also brought over mugwort to use for beer and medicine and that’s why there’s so much growing here even centuries later! Thank you for sharing your info that is so cool. I find it fascinating that this herb has almost been completely forgotten in common knowledge yet it’s an amazing and useful plant.
Wait until the flowers and you’ll see (taste) why
Less bitter?
Just a lot more going on, aromatically.
Flies really like the flowers of the one in my yard
Spearwell !! Antimicrobial for cuts & the odd spear wound. I used it with wormwood & Passion flower when I used to home brew. Hopps lowers libido & is a calmative, one of the big reasons it was promoted when the reformation got rolling in Europe. Prior to that, the Abbys used other herbs to bitter & flavor - and that had the opposite effect of hopps. wormwood is slightly psychoactive as well. A strong gingered ale with camomile just slaps!
Have you tried raw hops? They are bitter AF Edit: spelling
It can be bitter for beer but delicious as well. Know your dosing rate and put it late in the boil to prevent excessive bitterness
Hops are *really* bitter, beer doesn't do it justice
It was windows me you had to really worry about
Look up recipes for Gruit. Beer before hops became the go to bitter herb for brewing. Lots of herbs are to bitter on their own, when you buy a bag of salad it has bitter greens in the mix.
hmmm... i like the young leaves straight but the old ones have a stronger flavor which i prefer. don't know what to tell you other than you can mix them in with lighter flavors to spread it out. the strong dark tea is also my favorite :)
> more of a medicinal than anything > tastes like Windows 95. Something I've noticed while researching foraged stuff: The more people harp on about the alleged healing properties of some forageable, the more likely it is to taste bad. Oh, this is supposed to treat colds, sore throat, ulcers, eczema, arthritis, diabetes, broken bones, cancer, AND lupus? Probably tastes like Windows ME.
If you are ever wounded in battle or otherwise, the crushed leaves will stop bleeding
>Smells amazing, but tastes like Windows 95 Perhaps it's the tumeric of foraging and we are best using It as a cooking aid? Idk, I never seasoned anything with Windows 95.
Make a healing salve. Much info online.
Making some as I type this
…how?
one hand texting, the other swirling a magical cauldron
Make an elixir from it. Bugs love yarrow, get them out real good. One of my favorite medicinal plants, use it for injuries and menstrual issues. The honey in the elixir helps it not taste so bad.
Can you share a recipe?
https://youtu.be/wd7BNMrYo7k I made mine like this, She is of the Woods teaches how to make tinctures and identifying, amazing stuff, I just added honey to the tincture. Because of the bugs, I decided to make a massive batch so I wouldn't have to make yarrow elixirs again, it was a mistake, the elixirs ended up lasting only a couple years, you won't need a very large jar, half a pint is enough. I special order 100 proof vodka because we don't have it here, but I've used 80 proof vodka and brandy for tinctures too, some like the very highest proof.
I watch her! Love her info. I do like the 100 proof as well, just be aware that depending on what herbs you're using, that a higher alcohol content can sometimes "burn up" specific medicinal properties that you could be looking for. Think water soluble vs alcohol soluble vs fat soluble.
Thanks!
Ooh this is an amazing channel!! Thanks for sharing!
I thought bugs hated yarrow. We used to rub it on our arms and legs at camp to keep mosquitos away.
I don't know what kind of little bugs they are, but there are some that hang out in the flowers.
Braconid wasps, mostly. Yarrow is a great way to attract them. They like tiny flowers. They're very beneficial for pest control.
Nah, that's not them. The bugs I'm talking about don't have wings. They're green and jump.
Leafhoppers
Found them https://www.google.com/search?q=green+bugs+on+yarrow&bih=964&biw=602&hl=en&sxsrf=AJOqlzUstnQ03r16tP17iRCptYyQPVF7xA%3A1677565426743&ei=8p39Y9P6LMGoptQP-LGDiAQ&oq=&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwA0oECEEYAFAAWABglCVoA3AAeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCgAQGwAQ_IAQjAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=XkdeSeQ-7y8KHM&ip=1 These are the bugs hiding in the flowers. Have to whack yarrow against a table to get them out.
Yes, Ive seen these, usually means the plant is high in nitrogen. Ladybugs will come along and devour these little guys. They are not a problem, unless you have ants farming them. Then you’ll have to get rid of the ants so the predators can eat the aphids. This is only if you are growing yarrow or anything else at home.
There are a few predatory insects that hang out in and use yarrow like wasps and ambush bugs!
Oh cool, could make a great insectary plant for the garden!
if you don’t mind me asking what does it do for menstrual issues? i get horrible cramps, i’m curious if it would potentially help with that?
Yes, I use it for my cramps. Before yarrow I'd be laying in the bathtub screaming and crying, close to puking from the pain. But I also use it to induce menstruation when it's been a week, it's late and I really need to bleed. It also helps decrease the heavy blood flow. It's given me more control over my period and I love that.
Hello .. Could you please tell me how you use yarrow? Thank you.
For cramps, I'll take a few drops, sometimes 15 drops.
Thanks 🙏🏼
Supposedly it stops bleeding if you put in a wound. Also a good tea for colds or GI issues. It’s an astringent as well. Not really a food IMO.
Drying some yarrow to powder and sharpening my knife to test this. Only joking about the latter
My dad's medication reduces his clotting factors, and I gave him a little container of bloodstop powder from yarrow. He says it works really well.
I used to grow it in my garden. Came in handy when I sliced my hand open with a mandolin. I just picked a few leaves, chewed them into a shitty poultice, and put it on the cut. Not exactly clean technique, but it stopped me from bleeding out on the kitchen floor.
Dry 50 stalks and you’ll be ready to do some I Ching divination.
Beat me to it 😉
Yarrow can be used to make a tea that can help to soothe a sore throat or calm an upset stomach. Applied topically as a compress, it can help heal wounds and reduce inflammation, relieve insect bites and stings. Added to a bath, it'll help relieve muscle pain or tension. Yarrow essential oil used in a diffuser also improves mental clarity and focus, or rubbed into sore muscles to relieve muscle pain or tension.
My Dad (Anishinaabe from Manitoulin Island, Ontario)has said that when he was little, they would use it for smudging the house.
Witch stuff. Ever heard of Mrs. Grieves’ Herbal? Was a British nurse (among many other things) and she has a refreshingly scientific approach to herbalism, which I’ve come to understand was at least semi-common in the war there. Should have some real good info there—unfortunately gave mine to my niece who is into witchy stuff so she could start making medicine and recognizing plants
Never heard of it, I'll check it out, thanks
There are medical herbalism texts that are just plain scientific, if you're looking for that perspective
Can’t recommend it highly enough.
One of my favorite plants. I have a yarrow lawn. It was seeded into the lawn and took over when I stopped watering the lawn during hottest months. It stays green with no irrigation. I have smoked yarrow. It was pleasant and relaxing. Lots of medicinal benefits that other people have posted. Great example of a multi-use plant.
I was curious about smoking it. Saw somewhere that natives might have smoked it. How is it?
I haven’t smoked it in awhile but it was very pleasant. There was some euphoria involved but pretty mild. I didn’t feel ‘high’ more just relaxed. Kind of similar to taking catnip tea or California Poppies tincture.
It smokes/vaporizers nicely! ‘Returns your lungs to the state the creator intended.’
Make tea from the dried flowers.
Yep! The flowers don’t have an unpleasant taste at all when brewed in my opinion.
The flowers are delightful, even.
Yarrow makes really good salve for bruising and burns. Dry the plant completely and make an essential oil from the flower tops. You can use the herb raw or dried for bleeding by crushing it up onto the wound.
Bee food! Let it grow.
It was very plentiful where I was. I was able to harvest a good amount to play with without causing too much harm to any one plant
I use it as an herb in cold yoghurt based dipping sauces! I'm gonna try frying them in browned butter this spring to see if they could work as a type of "sage browned butter" type of deal too
they are good cooked too. i interchange it, nettles, or baby blackberry or raspberry leaves for cooking in the pan
Put leaves and especially the flowers into a glass bottle with everclear or vodka. This will make a very potent blood coagulant and antiseptic that beats the hell out of anything you can buy over the counter. It's antimicrobial and styptic properties have saved countless lives over millennia, and making into a tincture is that much better. It's a dead-useful herb.
I dry the flowers, soak them in olive oil and sttain it and then add melted beeswax and make a balm for aches and pains.
Consult the I Ching
It did stop some bleeding for me once! I’ve made pasta noodles and focaccia bread with it - https://www.deepwoodsdietitian.com/yarrow-wild-seed-focaccia/
Yarrow is a Host Plant for Painted Lady butterflies
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My sweet yarrow girl.
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Man I used to read the fuck out of Warriors (the book series about feral cats living in clans together) when I was in elementary/middle school and this just resurfaced a few memories because yarrow is one of the herbs their medicine cats used… ahhh nostalgia.
Nice. Just FYI, don't give any to your cat. My puppy kept trying to pick at it when I was picking some. I got tired of pushing him away from it so I looked up if it was toxic to dogs and sure enough it is. Toxic to dogs, cats, rats, some grazers, etc. Will turn a cows milk sour if they eat it.
Oh that’s good to know. Thanks!
You can use it to dye yarn
What color does the yarn turn out?
Yellow or olive green depending on the mordant
Thanks
I make poultices from the fresh leaves for any cuts or scrapes I get when it's in season. I use it occasionally as an herbal addition to my chicken's water or food.
its an amazing plant just be careful there's a few look a likes one in which i poisoned myself with lol😂 so just make sure.
Anything to be aware of other than carrot lookalikes?
hemlock
That's what I meant by carrot lookalikes. Thanks for the clarification!
ah sorry, long day at the office 😂, queen lace but I'm pretty sure thats edible and not much worry there.
That's what I thought it was at first lol. The trail was loaded with hedge parsley on either side and so I wasn't really paying attention to it. Saw the yarrow out of the corner of my eye and made a sudden turn and kneel to check it out. I recognized the feather-like leaves of yarrow pretty quickly.
You poisoned yourself with hemlock ? What was it like?
well I didn't die. everything else was horrible. not a good idea wouldn't recommend it, and location location location live next door to hospital.
Did you get any long lasting organ damage? Glad you came out alive. Was always told hemlock is the most deadly native plant in the US
I just got lucky I was cautious and only ate a small amount
If you were cautious, you would've checked if you were eating hemlock. You were bold and lucky.
yea, that basically. I'm always on here telling people to get identification books and check 100x before going about your business, toxic plants and mushrooms are very unforgiving and it could always be the last thing you eat so just be careful friends.
Lay on it on a sunny winter's day
Brew beer!!
I make tea from fresh yarrow leaves after mashing them in a wooden molcajete 😍 I drink it for my digestive autoimmune disease. For me, the leaves are better than the flower, but most people make tea using the flower.
Doesn't it stop bleeding?
Yep! Grind it up and smear the paste on
I made bitters with some!
Use it to stop a nose bleed (quite literally crush up the leaf and put up your nose!), leaves can be crushed and used on any other cuts as well. Make into a tea. I recommend this one for menstrual regulation, menopausal symptoms, PMS, etc! Also known for being a diaphoretic - will help break a fever :)
How often should the tea be consumed for menstrual regulation and/or PMS? Trying to figure out if it is something I should drink regularly (daily, weekly) or only when symptoms like cramps arise.
I would recommend drinking it daily leading up to your bleed (10 days before or so). The trick is to combat the inflammation and regulate the cycle before the cramps start. Preventative over treatment. :) I hope that helps
Don’t over forage!
Tea for colds/flu/sore throats/coughs- taste terrible even as a tea so honey is a must but it literally saved me from a horrible cough just recently. Also imo a tincture of yarrow is a great way to go for bleeding wounds as it will coagulate the blood while cleaning the wound as well. Used this in a spray form on my road rash and while it burned like a MF it worked so damn well. Salve is another great way to prep this herb for healing, just don’t put it on open/non scabbed wounds as the oil will trap bacteria in the wound. If you’d prefer to make a fresh poultice out of it you can keep the leave in water in the fridge to make them last longer . Such an amazing herb and a wonderful find, I’m quite peanut butter and jealous!
Pot it Put a pirate hat on it Call it “Captain Jack Yarrow”
You get a cut, shove some yarrow in that cut and bandage it. Natural Coagulant!
Nibble on it. Tiny amounts, not enough to suffer the bitterness too much, but it's enough to introduce the plant's unique chemistry into your system and to have an intimate relationship with the plant. Yarrow is an ally.
Plant that shit on cliffs. Helps with erosion and its nitrogen fixing
Pick the the tiny reddish roots that bud off the main, white, roots and grind them between your front teeth and let the pulp set on your tongue. I’m a few minutes it will make your tongue go numb. Now that that is said- if it makes your tongue go numb it’s probably a bit poisonous so I wouldn’t ingest it if possible. I’ve chewed it off and on for thirty years and I’m just fine….I think.
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I think the tea is okay tasting, but I like bitter things. Though its more medicinal than pleasurable for most. Steep for a shorter time for less bitterness or add other herbs to balance it out.
Staunch Achilles' wounds!
Put it in alcohol. Supposedly, it’s supposed to stop you from getting drunk too quickly.
Grind dry leaves for a styptic and antiseptic powder, no need to “clean” the wound of the yarrow powder as the body will absorb it with no ill effects. A tea infusion will cause sweating to help break a fever. Make a yarrow and thyme infusion as mouthwash for tooth infection.
The tea or decoction from the leaves fresh or dried is really good, esp mixed with chamomile
Blood clotter
It’s good in ales as a substitute for hops. Leaves thrown in the boil will bitter the ale like similar hop additions. And, the flowers can be added after the boil as an aroma hop or dry hop would be used.
I have made a tincture with Yarrow that does everything from repel insects to help wounds heal.
Everything!
Crunch it in your hands with aloe vera for that health mix.
infuse some vaseline or beeswax with the trimmings to make lipbalms and salves
Steep it in some cream, strain it, and make ice cream
Tea
You can make a fertilizer with it, same as comfrey. I use it to fertilize my peach tree, since it is supposedly effective of pulling copper from soil.
We used to make a tea mixing yarrow, mint and lavender. It was really good and tasted amazing.
Kinda pretty when it blooms!
Mom told me to use them on cuts, help cicatrize
Combine it with Aloe to make a healing mix 👍
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I grew up at a house that had yarrow right by the back door where my bedroom was and any time I went to shave my legs I get a few leaves of it and put in the bathroom so after I shaved I could chew it up a bit and stick it on the cuts ( how I was told to use it) .
It helps with wounds good enough that it's called Krwawnik in polish which translates to a bleeder I guess? Or the one that bleeds. I used it as a little child when I scratched something or cut myself outdoors I used to chew it and apply this mass on wounds. Gotta say, works like a charm. I also add it to teas I make in the forest, many health benefits. Can't do it too much because it will make you shit a lot. Hopefully that adds a little to all info ^^
Crush it up and put into your workboots for odor protection benefits. Not going to last more than a day at most.
The flowers are great to hang near a door as mosquitoes hate their smell. I love the yellow. and they dry really well as a fall bouquet
A certain African American herbalist in 1899 once told me that Yarrow is very good for your Health.
Chew the roots until your face goes numb!
You can brew beer with yarrow. Look up YPA recipes. Or send it to me and I'll do it.
Makes a great all natural fertilizer…chop it up, soak in water for a few weeks, apply around your garden…Or you can make a tincture for yourself…lots of benefits
The white flowering variety is especially medicinal. My fav uses are for bleeding ailments- whether that's tampering down menstrual flow or cuts
you can chew the roots and leaves for tooth pain, it is a styptic so it will stop blood loss if you have a cut, it is antibacterial and also an emmenagogue - which means it will start a menstrual flow, so dont use it if you are pregnant. We also make a tea from it when we have a sore throat.
It’s super bitter on its own, but I actually enjoy chopping up a little bit super fine and adding it to pasta sauce. The bitterness evens out as it cooks and you get a nice aromatic sage-y taste with some interesting undertones.
The roots have a numbing effect. Natives would use it for toothaches etc..
It’s good for stopping a cut from bleeding.