Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
How Culpeper Viewed This Medicinal Herb
Milfoil, or Yarrow, is the plant named Achillea millefolium. This hardy perennial, which grows wild everywhere, here in the Northeast, has delicate, fernlike leaves, finely dissected, as the name “milfoil” (100 leaves) suggests.
Elaine Dow goes on to describe this simple and wort…