Botanical Name
Achillea millefolium
 
Usual Origin(s)
Albania, Bulgaria, Romania
 
Description
Cut and sifted pieces of yarrow flower, leaf, and stem. Traditionally known for its astringent effects.
 
Folk Names
AchiUea, Arrowroot(although Yarrow is not what is commonly referred to as arrowroot), Bad Man's Plaything, Carpenter's Weed, Death Flower, Devil's Nettle, Eerie, Field Hops, Gearwe, Hundred Leaved Grass, Knight's Milfoil, Knyghten, Lady's Mantle, Milfoil, Militaris, Military Herb, Millefolium, Noble Yarrow, Nosebleed, Old Man's Mustard, Old Man's Pepper, Sanguinary, Seven Year's Love, Snakes's Grass, Stanch Weed, Tansy, Thousand Seal, Wound Wort, Yarroway, Yerw
 
Gender
Feminine
 
Planet 
Venus
 
Element
Water
 
Powers
Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism
 
Magical Uses
When worn, Yarrow protects the wearer and when held in the hand, it stops all fear and grants courage. 
 
A bunch of dried Yarrow, hung over the bed, or Yarrow used in wedding decorations, ensures a love lasting at least seven years. Yarrow is also used in love spells. 
 
Carrying Yarrow not only brings love but also attracts friends and distant relations you wish to contact. It draws the attention of those you most want to see. 
 
The flowers are made into an infusion and the resulting tea is drunk to improve psychic powers. 
 
Washing the head with a Yarrow infusion will prevent baldness but will not cure it if it has already begun. 
 
Yarrow is also used to exorcise evil and negativity from a person, place or thing. 
 
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