Yarrow essential oil is a volatile oil including a chemical called proazulenes. The dark blue essential oil, extracted by steam distillation of the flowers, is generally used as an anti-inflammatory or in chest rubs for colds and influenza.
Yarrow oil has a sweet, spicy smell and the viscosity is watery. It is a perennial herb that grows up to 1 meter (3 feet) high and has fern-like feathery leaves and bears numerous pink-white, dense flower heads.
It is also known as milfoil, referring to its feathery appearance and was used as a charm in Scotland and was credited with having powers to ward off evil. It has a reputation of having an all-healing action and has been used for a variety of ailments throughout the ages and is even added to some Swedish beers.
Yarrow is a common plant with very useful properties. When applied to a fresh wound, yarrow causes blood to stop flowing and start clotting. Yarrow leaf is better than toilet paper for shaving nicks. Keep a little in the bathroom and apply with cotton swabs when needed. Yarrow has been known to save lives in emergency hunting accidents and other traumatic situations. When taken internally, yarrow promotes a healthy circulatory system and is a tonic for the nerves.
Yarrow also nourishes the urinary tract and digestive system. The herb is very astringent. Yarrow promotes sweating, relaxes peripheral blood vessels, lowers blood pressure, restores menstrual periods, treats varicose veins, improves nutrient absorption, opens sweat glands, conditions the scalp and tones the skin. It stops nose bleeds, helps reduce fever, cools hot flashes and helps heal bladder infections.
Benefit & Uses: Yarrow oil can improve circulatory disorders such as varicose veins and hemorrhoids. It helps with irregular menstruation, menopausal problems, cystitis and infection.
Yarrow oil can help with digestive problems such as flatulence, colic, cramp, indigestion and constipation. In the nervous system, it can be used to counter stress-related problems, hypertension and insomnia. The skin can also benefit from yarrow oil as it helps to heal inflamed wounds, rashes, cuts, eczema, scars, and burns and can promote hair growth.
The Essential Oil of Yarrow is anti inflammatory in nature. It can efficiently handle inflammation of any types; be it of nasal or respiratory tracts resulting from the common cold, the digestive system caused by overeating of spicy food, or perhaps y leaving of circulatory system caused by any toxin (venom, narcotics etc.) getting into the blood stream of be it caused by any other reason such as fever, infection, and soothes all inflammations.
Being good for circulation, it is good for rheumatic or arthritic patients too. It improves circulation and thereby prevents accumulation of uric acid in the joints and muscles, thus helping cure rheumatism and arthritis.
Common antiseptic creams and lotions available in the market can hardly match nit’s performance as an anti septic. It protects wounds from be ng septic and other bacterial, fungal or viral infections. It forms a protective covering on the wound and activates the blood platelets and leucocytes at the effected place, thereby checking the intrusion of microbes. Furthermore, the oil itself has bactericidal and fungicidal properties, which effectively kills them and adds to the effect.
Spasm, or extraordinary contraction in the body, can lead to some of the most serious and even fatal of ailments. When in the respiratory system, it can cause severe and uninterrupted coughs, and may result in convulsions if it pertains to the nervous system. In case of spasm of intestines, it may result in acute abdominal pain, and finally, it may give rise to painful cramps in the muscles. The only way to get rid of this is to relax the contraction. In cases like these, the essential oil of Yarrow can help, as it has a relaxing, anti-spasmodic effect on muscles, nerves, intestines and respiratory tracts.