Yarrow is dried

Medicinal plant yarrow

Herbaceous perennial reaches a height of 90 centimeters, has a thin creeping root with underground shoots. Leaves lanceolate, pinnately dissected. Pink and yellow flowers are collected in baskets. As a result, there are fruits - flat oblong achenes. Dried yarrow is widely used in medicine.

It grows in Khmelnytsky, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Rivne regions of Ukraine. Occurs on the outskirts of fields, forest meadows, on the banks of reservoirs, edges.

What is included:

• thujone;
• caryophyllene;
• essential oil;
• flavonoids;
• tannins;
• vitamin K;
• organic acids;
• Achilles.

Yarrow is used in medicine quite actively. Stems with tops and dried color act as a medicine. In order to be used in medicine, it should be harvested at the beginning of flowering, when there are warm sunny days, then the grass will retain its benefits longer. The stems are cut with a knife, the sector together with the tips.

As for the useful properties

Anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, hemostatic (due to the content of alkaloids), anti-allergic properties of the plant have long been identified. Due to the irritating effect on taste receptors, it can increase the secretory activity of the stomach, dilate the bile ducts and increase bile secretion. Useful properties of yarrow are very large. It is especially effective in case of bleedings - both internal, and local. It concerns uterine, pulmonary, intestinal, hemorrhoidal bleedings.

Yarrow is very actively used in the treatment of dental diseases. The plant strengthens mucous membranes and helps in tissue regeneration. Azulene in the composition provides antipyretic and antiallergic effect.

Action and application

Each of the medicinal properties of the plant is due to anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects. Tannins, cineole and azulenes have wound healing and bactericidal effects. Therefore, you should definitely buy the drug so that it is in every home medicine cabinet. In addition, the price is reasonable.

Taking yarrow tincture can provide a tonic effect. To normalize the nervous system, the tincture contains vitamin K, which also benefits the body's defenses. Infusions of the plant are prescribed for ulcers, gastritis. At colitis it is better to use herbal tea.