Millefolii herba

Yarrow herb: Dried, flowering shoot tips with leaves, flowers and stems.

The quality of yarrow herb (Millefolii herba) is defined in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).

HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: Internal: Loss of appetite, mild cramp-like gastrointestinal complaints, flatulence and bloating, mild menstrual cramps. External: small, superficial wounds.
ESCOP monograph: Internal: loss of appetite, dyspeptic complaints, mild cramp-like complaints in the abdomen; External: small wounds, mild inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes; sitz baths for painful cramp conditions in the small pelvis of women (pelvipathia vegetativa).
Commission e-monograph: Internal: loss of appetite, dyspeptic complaints, mild cramp-like complaints in the gastrointestinal tract; in the form of sitz baths for pelvipathia vegetativa).

Empirical medicine: Hemostyptic, e.g. for hemorrhoids or menstrual cramps, hyperhidrosis.

essential oil, chamazulene, sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids and caffeoylquinic acids, cineole, sabinene, camphor, etc.

Not indicated due to lack of data

Allergic reactions

allergy to parts of plants, daisies, children under 12 years, external for skin infections

e.g. as fresh plant juice; contained in the combination preparation ^Imupret®.

1. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-opinion/final-european-union-herbal-monograph-achillea-millefolium-l-herba-revision-1_en.pdf
2. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/schafgarbe.php

3. Blaschek W (2015) Wichtl tea drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Munich. S 432-435