Description

What a wonderful, but heavily underestimated plant! Its crushed leaves can act as a styptic for nosebleeds and minor wounds. Because it has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and wound healing abilities (vulnerary), there are several other reasons to use it as well. Drinking the tea before bed may help you sleep better. Its smaller flowers are enticing to beneficial insects like lacewings and brachinoid wasps. Because they have rigid stalks and dry well, Yarrow lends itself to both fresh and dried bouquets. I love feeling the feathery carpet of leaves under my bare feet before the flower stalks come out and they add so much texture to other plants in a decorative landscape!