Plant Profile: Yarrow

Yarrow in Folklore, Medicine, and Culture

Achilles’ mother dipped him by the heel into yarrow-laced water when he was just a baby to protect him from being wounded. That’s how the plant got its Latin name, achillia millefolium. In China, yarrow is said to grow around Confucius’ grave. It has been used in a plethora of cultures’ medicine-making for centuries. Its robust nature makes it able to a…