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Alaska
YARROW Achillea millefolium
Description:
Plant
Habitat: Poor soil,
gravel pits, forest edges, clearings,
vacant lots. Uses: All parts of
the yarrow plant will make tea, but the flowers are easiest to collect. It
is used as a tonic, stimulant, for menstrual and vaginal problems,
bronchitis, for venereal disease and as a douche. It is powdered and
snuffed for headaches. Athabascans use the tea as a wash for sore eyes and
for the skin, as a hot pack for aches and sores, as a remedy for
bedwetting; powdered leaves are used as a disinfectant; plant is
rubbed on fresh as a mosquito repellant. Floral arrangers and decorators
us whole dried yarrow plants. Straight, sturdy yarrow stalks are
traditionally used to throw the I Ching. Special Harvest
or Processing Comments: Gather just
after blooming, or gather inflorescence just about to bloom. Yarrow will
grow in large colonies near gravel pits or disused agricultural fields. |
