Milfoil

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Milfoil is a remaining or fixed plant. The plant becomes 30 cm until 1 m high. The stems and leaf be hairy. The leaves are feather like, deep cut into and gloomily greyish green.



The plant flowers from June until September with small white (sometimes pink) flowers in rather flattened clusters.



Milfoil is a very general occurring plant on all sorts of kinds soils. The plant is in the wild to find along paths and roads and on pasturelands. Milfoil, especially the pink variant, also becomes cultivated as an ornamental.

Milfoil has a preference for a sunny place with ground of an average fertility and moisture degree. Milfoil is possible to multiply by sowing or by dividing the root in the spring or the fall (tearing). Milfoil should be planted out on 30 cm of each other.
By removing the wilted flower heads, the plant gets a second bloom.
Milfoil is not suitable to be cultivated indoors.

The Latin name Achillea refers to the Greek hero Achilles. Achilles cured with this plant the wounds of his warriors after he had been pointed to the blood stopping properties of Milfoil.
The name Millefolium refers to the leaves, thousand means thousand and folium means leaves.

Milfoil also has fever decreasing properties and was used before instead of quinine.
According to the herbalist Vogel, described in a document from 1794, Indians tribes used Milfoil to treat incised wound. The Micmacs used it to stimulate transpiration by fever and cold. Also the Indians wicked persons minds driven away with the smoke of Milfoil.

Chew, before notion of the voice of Milfoil, a stiff root and hold it in the mouth.
A tea of the leaves and flowers tells the rest of the story.
The stems of Milfoil become uses by consulting the ancient Oriental oracle book the I Ching. On the basis of how 50 straight stems of equal length fall (as Mikado rods) a hexagram becomes chosen. Hereafter, it is possible to read what kind of changes you can expect in the future.


Also, long kept holy Milfoil stems, became used by the druids to predict the weather of a particular season in Europe.
European women threw the herb in the fire and looked in the flames to search their future man.

Stole the dried flower heads out.

Milfoil helps to resist adjoining plants illnesses and broadens their smell and taste.
Extract of the whole plant to make copper like fertilizers.
By mixing a fresh leaf to a wheelbarrow cargo compost the digestion is accelerated.

An extract of fresh flowers for a face-steam bath and refreshing lotion.
Use an extract of the flowers as a basis for a treatment of fat face skin or in a relaxing bath.
Push a fresh leave on a shave wound to stop the bleeding.

Properties and character.
Blood set pen, antiseptic, astringent, inflammations brake, sweat increasing, against flatus, cramp calming, strengthening for the blood vessels.

Through the content at chamazuleen (like inChamomile), the herb has an effect on mucous membranes against swelling and inflammations.
An extract as a tea works against digestion problems, it has a stimulating function on the stomach and bile secretion for want of appetite (bitters matter working) and bad digestion.
Also works an extract as a tea to promote the body to purify and the content of flavonoids promotes the urine separation. An extract as a tea works to regulate the menstruation, to increase transpiration and to cure a cold.
A tea of equal quantities elder tree blossoms, peppermint and Milfoil is delicious and good against flu and other fevers. Drink the tea hot and in large quantities (till a cup per two hours).
Against varicose veins add 30 drops of chestnut tincture (aesculus hippocastanum) to 6 dl Milfoil tea and drink it one day long.
The same mixture is also applicable as a compress.
Use Milfoil oil for eczema.
To stop bleeding chew a single leaf soft and lay it on the wound (the alkaloids have a blood stopping function).

External.
As a cream or rinse for inflamed wounds and eczema.
To stop bleeding of wounds and to treat sores.

Internal.
To treat haemorrhoids in- and externally.
To treat fever to increase transpiration and to decrease fever.
Milfoil has been found suitable for children with fever
To treat bad blood circulation, cold feet and varicose veins.
To treat menstruation pains and pains in the pelvis area as consequence of constipation, earlier illnesses and inflammations.

The ethereal oil contain o. a. azuleen and is because that sore arranged for the treating of skin problems. The oil has a blue till green colour, with a fresh sweetly-spicy smell and is won by water vapour distillation of the dried herb.
For who sensitively is and the tendency has the problems from the surroundings to self closed to pull is Milfoil a whole good oil to clean.
Milfoil works stimulated on the metabolism, liver and blood formation.

Use Milfoil under others by:
Lit/ sensitive skin, acne, eczema, itch, head skin problems, scars, varicose veins, wound, rash, artery hardening, thromboses, rheumatic arthritis, cramps, haemorrhoids, indigestion, bladder inflammation, cystitis, infections at urine passage, menstruation problems, transitions complaints, cold, flu, fever, hypertension, insomnia, stress.

Here single applications of the ethereal oil of Milfoil follow.

By inflamed, sensitive skin, acne.
4 drops Milfoil, 7 drops Chamomile and 5 drops Rose mix oil with 40 ml Jojoba and oil 10 ml wheat germ. With this mixture rub the skin 2x per day.

By eczema, red spots and itch.
3 drops Milfoil and 2 drops Lemon mix with 40 ml Aloe Vera macerate and 10 ml Calendula macerate. With this mixture the skin 2x daily treat.

By head skin problems.
3 drops Milfoil at the furrow the washing required shampoo add.
Powerfully massage by the washing the head skin, let work in 5 minutes, rinse good.

Evaporate.
6 until 10 drops Milfoil in the aroma lamp give rest and clarity by confusion.
The workings of Milfoil is more powerful than that of Chamomile, in many cases can instead of Chamomile, Milfoil become used.

The essential oil and large doses of fresh preparations are not advise during pregnancy.
Exuberant use of the leaves of Milfoil more sensitively can make the skin for light.
The most ethereal oils cannot be taken in without risk.
Use ethereal oil exclusive internal if you have sufficient knowledge or consult a (homeopathic) physician. Over the general however is the working by external use more strongly than by internal use.

Sources

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