Yarrow

This is a herbaceous perennial plant up to half a meter, it ends with a nice stem corymbose inflorescences of white or pink. Odor issues rather sharp and specific. Leaf blade dissected into numerous segments, and why it is called the plant yarrow ... You can meet him on dry meadows, forest edges, clearings, along the field and forest roads, forest plantations, parks - throughout our country. Quite often it forms thickets.

Gather flowers and grass, yarrow during the flowering and the dry weather. Tree krovavnik, sweet-smelling herb, poreznik, a soldier's herb and it all yarrow. The people called milfoil in different ways, but almost always - with profound meaning, for example, his early-hemostatic and healing properties - poreznikom "," a soldier's herb. " Has long been among the people doing the ointment with its flowers, crushed grass was applied to wounds, washed broths damaged surface skin.

History of Yarrow is lost in the mists of time: he is mentioned in the myths of ancient Greece, and even its generic Latin name "ahillea "-" Achilles open. " According to legend, Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War, used this herb to treat wounds ... Dioscorides called this plant "wound grass, applying to stop the bleeding from the wounds. At Russ Yarrow has been known since ancient times as a styptic. Wisdom of our Ancestors, confirmed the scientific experimental data: yarrow does have a hemostatic, inflammatory, stimulating the function of the secretory glands of the gastrointestinal tract effects.

In cosmetics valued these properties of yarrow herb. Externally in the form of infusions and decoctions are used for psoriasis and skin itching, wash the face to eliminate acne. Tinctures, extracts are included in lotions, creams for skin nutrition and prevention of wrinkles. Water infusion is used for washing wounds and cuts skin to rinse with stomatitis and nosebleeds. Long did not heal, festering wounds, boils and ulcers can be successfully treated with the juice from the leaves of yarrow. Includes a plant and lotions designed for facial skin care men. Grass and flowers are used in many countries, not only with drugs, but also with cosmetic purposes.