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  • Infusion of yarrow

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    Yarrow( Achillea millefolium L.) - is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Compositae up to 80 cm high. Stalk straight, rigid. Leaves are regular, complex, pinnately divided. The flowers are white, sometimes pinkish, collected in small baskets that make up the thyroid inflorescence. Fruit is the seed. Blooms all summer, fruits ripen in July-September. It grows on dry meadows, at the edge of the forest, on the borders, on the slopes, at the roads. In the aboveground part of the plant, during the flowering period, essential oil, choline, coumarins, bitterness, achillein, aconitic acid, organic acids, carotene, vitamin K are contained.

    The medicinal properties of yarrow are known since ancient times. This plant relieves spasms, stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, improves digestion. Water infusion and decoction of grass folk healers recommend with peptic ulcer, gastritis, stomach disorders. Yarrow accelerates blood coagulability, wound healing and has a blood-purifying, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiallergic effect. Yarrow contributes to the proper metabolism.

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    Yarrow oil should be used to strengthen immunity, as an exciting nervous system;at treatment of catarrhal diseases, liver disease, kidneys, intestines, stomach, helps with gastritis, it is recommended for radiculitis, arthritis, softens the skin, eliminating allergic reaction;has a powerful antifungal and antimicrobial effect;restores the skin after burns, ulcers, injuries.

    Methods of application: aromamamine - 1-2 drops;massage -4 drops for 10-15 g of transport oil;baths - 2-4 drops;compresses: 10 drops of yarrow oil plus 10 g of transport oil;inside 1 drop of essential oil for 1 teaspoon of honey for 1/2 cup of warm water 2-3 times a day.

    Required;2 tbsp.l.leaves yarrow, 1 liter of hot beer.

    Method of preparation. Grass the brew with hot beer, persist for 1 hour, then strain.

    Method of use. Take infusion 2 times a day before eating 1/4 cup.

    Used for washing the face, 5 tablespoons of dry matter brewed in 0.5 liters of boiling. Infuse for about 30 minutes, drain. Use to wash the skin of the face, as well as to rinse greasy hair. In a 1: 10 ratio, the infusion can also be used for baths.