Aromatherapy with Yarrow essential oil

Achillea Millefolium is the botanical name based on the legend of Achilles, the Greek hero who used it for healing wounds of soldiers in battle.

The genus Achillea has about 140 herbs with pink or white flowers; these shrubs grow to about three feet and have pinnate leaves. The leaves and flowers are distilled to produce yarrow essential oil. The oil is dark blue in color and has fresh, sharp and woody fragrance. The other names for yarrow are soldier’s woundwort, old man’s pepper, cammok, green arrow, nose bleed, dog daisy, and thousand leaf clover.

Yarrow essential oil helps in reducing stress, hypertension, and blood pressure.

Yarrow essential oil blends well with angelica, cedarwood, chamomile, pine, oak moss, verbena, myrrh, frankincense, and sweet basil oil.

Yarrow essential is one of the more expensive essential oils, expect to pay at least $50 for an ounce of it.

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Precautions
Yarrow essential oil is not recommended for use in babies, children, and pregnant women. It is best avoided if the person suffers from cancer or liver problems. This is another essential that should only be used under the director of a certified Aromatherapist. Prolonged use can cause skin irritation, headaches, and neuro-toxic side effects.


 Have you wondered about the origins of Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy, as we practice it today, actually started in ancient Egypt, that extracted certain oils were extracted from plants and used not only for medicinal and cosmetic purposes but also for embalming techniques; many of these essential oil solutions are still duplicated today.

At the same time, ancient Chinese civilizations were using aromatics, or aromatherapy. Shen Nung's classic herbal book dates back to 2,700 BC and is a virtual aromatic encyclopedia of more than 300 plants and their uses.

The Chinese also discovered that aromatics had applications beyond just medicine and cosmetics, and used incense and burning woods in religious ceremonies (as did Native American cultures) to show respect to their gods, a tradition still practiced today. Chinese aromatherapy was also linked to massage and accupressure