Herbs
Yarrow
What the traditions say
This is the old knowledge, not health advice. Check everything yourself before you use it.
The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.
What Jeanny says
The Peel, Netherlands, and Spain · Grandma's Remedies
“Duizendblad (Achillea millefolium). The other white kroedwis herb. Its remedy use (a tea, a leaf on a cut) is oral tradition, no written source found. Daisy-family allergy, nothing in pregnancy without asking.”
“The kroedwis of 15 August. In Limburg the blessed bundle is the kroedwis or kroedwusj, "a bouquet of seven hand-picked herbs and flowers", blessed around Maria Hemelvaart at the start of a thirty-day Marian season. The seven of South Limburg: two grains (haver and tarwe), two yellow herbs (sint-janskruid and boerenwormkruid), two white herbs (duizendblad and kamille or koninginnenkruid) and a walnut twig. It hung in the house against misfortune, above all thunderstorms, a piece thrown in the kachel when the storm came.”
What Djanija says
Serbia, the Balkans · Baba's Herbs
“Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Sporiš, coada şoricelului, hajdučka trava, hajdutska trava, barëpezmatimi, hajdut oti. Stomach pain, digestion, baby washes. Caution: daisy-family allergy, not by mouth under 12, not in pregnancy. The old baby wash is history, babies under one get none of it.”
“Small wounds: rinse with lukewarm tap water. Rakija stings and damages tissue. Plantain or yarrow leaf on a clean scrape. St John's red oil on sunburn.”