Yarrow has the ability to detoxify dampness, activate blood circulation and relieve pain. It is used for breast moth (related to tonsillitis in western medicine) sore throat, diarrhea and dysentery, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the bowels of the intestines, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps) abdominal pain, feverish drenching (burning and stinging pain is obvious when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen) astringent pain, damp-heat subluxation, and snake and insect bites.
Yarrow belongs to the blood-activating medicines in the blood-activating painkillers, yarrow for the Asteraceae plant quality of the dry above-ground parts.
Yarrow is also known as centipede grass. Yarrow flavor pungent, bitter, flat. Yarrow has the efficacy of activating blood, expelling wind and relieving pain, and detoxification. Yarrow is used in the treatment of canker sores, colds and sores, colds and fever, bruises, head and wind pain, abdominal lumps (lumps), toothache, blood stasis and menstrual occlusion (due to stasis caused by menstruation), rheumatism and paralysis, snake bites and so on.
Yarrow activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis, pregnant women should use yarrow with caution. Yarrow is contraindicated in people with a history of allergy to yarrow. Adverse effects of Yarrow are not known. If needed, please use under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.