Aromatherapy Share: Essence of the Week - Blue Yarrow (Achiellea millefolium)...

Blue Yarrow is an aromatic perennial plant from the Northern Hemisphere of the world. Growing about 11-40 inches in height, we can find these plants in dry prairies, pastures, fallow fields, grassy waste areas, on lawns, and along the edges of railway tracks, pathways, hedges, yards, fence lines, and roadsides. Blue Yarrow is named after Achilles, who was a Greek hero that used this medicine during the Trojan War to treat the soldier's battle wounds. She has been used by our ancestors for more than 60,000 years, which has been discovered through fossilized pollen found in burial caves.

Blue Yarrow is a healing flower essences for the common cold, the flu, fever, congestion, and infections. She is good for the gut and constipation, cramps, indigestion, colic, and sluggish digestion. As a natural pain reliever, Blue Yarrow helps back pain, arthritis, rheumatism, and headaches. She is a uterine healer that addresses fertility, the moon cycle, menopause, and a prolapsed uterus. She also helps breast fibroids and prostate inflammation. For the skin, she addresses acne, burns, eczema, rashes, scars, warts, and hair growth.

Energetically, Blue Yarrow helps us trust ourselves, take more risks, and be ourselves despite the outer world asking us not to be. When we are ready to surrender to our higher destiny, allow the Divine Light to flow through us, and learn and grow from our past traumas, Blue Yarrow is the best plant guide. She helps us to get out of a rut, release stress, become calm, and live more in alignment with who we are and what we believe in.

Anoint Blue Yarrow over the lower belly for reproductive and digestive health, over the chest for the heart and lungs, or directly over the areas of pain or congestion. Start with 5-10 drops, 2-3 times a day, for 120 days (or for one month for every year that the disturbance has been active in the mind, body, and spirit). Journal your experience and see how Blue Yarrow can help support you in health and wellness.