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GREAT video. I have known and used Yarrow for some time and when a neighbor got a bad scratch from her rose bush thorns, I picked yarrow and suggested she apply it. Her arm was really bleeding and she refused to use it. I find is so sad that people will not trust something from nature, but automatically trust store products. Well, all we can do is try and I keep trying.
I also find that sad! It's crazy how fast people accepted modern medicine as the only way to heal. I don't begrudge people their choices, but it makes me sad how people think herbalism is dangerous.
@@SpiraeaHerbs I am an example of how it helped heal me from a variety of issues after an serious accident. Thank you for all that you share here. You are an earth angel
Last summer I had a bad nosebleed. I had some young small yarrow plants out in the garden. I picked two of the leaves, folded them over several times and rubbed them between my fingers to release the juices, then shoved the mess up my nostril. The bleeding stopped in 5 seconds. Bonus: it smelled good, too. This summer, my yarrow plants are thriving, much larger than they were last year, and I have some blooms in addition to leaves. Sometime soon, I plan to do some harvesting to make a yarrow tincture and some yarrow powder.
Making a styptic powder is a great idea for yarrow. I give a baggie of dried leaves sandwiched in gauze to everyone in our hunting party...just in case. I have a Vitamix with a dry pitcher - and use that vs my coffee grinder, when I have large amounts of dried herbs to powder. BTW I packed yarrow leaf in gauze when I had a tooth pulled and it stopped bleeding within the first hour!
I have a small medicine pill bottle that I filled with yarrow powder to keep with my gardening kit. Anytime I cut or scrape myself while working outside ('cause that never happens, lol) it's always in arms reach. Stops the bleeding almost instantly and I never get an infection from the wound. 😊
Perfect timing! Been looking st my Yarrow knowing its time to collect & dry. I appreciate your attention to the leaves & I will be drying tonight! I will also be collecting the flowers, but not really sure as to how use those. that k you again!
I have yarrow everywhere in my yard and iam allergic to it 😭 have only tried it as a tea 1 time. Next time i get cut up working in the yard( probably today🤣) i will try this with the leaves and 🤞see if external is ok for me. Very informative vid-Thank U💖🌷iam going to research what other plant can stop bleeding-just incase!
@@SpiraeaHerbs I've only taken it as a tea and my throat and inside my ears got itchy-thats my red flag. So I've stayed away from it but after your video I am going to try it topically-just a little bit-i will know. I picked a piece this am and it didn't bother me, so... Comfry makes me itchy when harvesting but absolutely no problems with it as tea, oil or tincture. So 🤞🤞🤞 for topical yarrow. Loved this video-it is the easiest stop bleeding treatment!!! I will have it on hand for others even if I can't use it.💖🙏💖
Not sure, if I’ve mentioned this here before but apparently, a sister almost, severed her thumb in a lawnmower many many moons ago. The story goes that our mother rushed outside to an old shed on the property to gather cobwebs with a broom (no doctors). After, realigning my sisters thumb she covered it with the cobwebs then tied it all up with a torn up bandage made from an old clean sheet. Long story, short. It worked and eventually, it left only, a slight scar. My point is cobwebs were a known styptic back in those days 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
@@meloniestewart2940 I have not heard this story! WOW. I love how resourceful humans can be. Like who would have thought cobwebs?? But I guess if you think of their structure and what they are composed of, its not surprising. Thank you for sharing.
@@meloniestewart2940 WOW! What an awesome story and piece of "medical" information!!! Question: do u put a lot of cob webs on the wound??? I will research as well. Thanks for the info💖🙏💖
Wonderful video! Ive tried making the stypic before, but now I realize that I did not use the appropriate parts of the plant. Heading out now to gather the leaves only! :)) Thank you also, for answering that question about cheesecloth! Extremely helpful! 🙏💕🌿
I would love to make this but have one question about applying the cheesecloth on open wounds. Do you put the yarrow powder on and then put on the cheesecloth or other way around? Thank you for sharing your knowledge here.
@@SpiraeaHerbs thank you so much for your quick reply! I have loads of yarrow in my herb garden this year so I will make a few different herbal concoctions from the abundance 🌿🤍🌿
I’m making my first patch of yarrow powder, it grows everywhere around where I live but I harvested it a little late towards fall and about 1/3 of the leaves were turning brown, I decided for my first batch to just crush the green leaves in my mortal and pestle, but I’m trying to find information on whether browning yarrow leaves are still useful.
I won't have any direct "evidence" or links, but browning means the plant is dying. It's sending the vast amount of its energy stores to the root for winter dormancy. It will definitely be less potent. In my opinion of course.
@SpiraeaHerbs thank you for reply. I use both for everything but I've never made powder so wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something lol. I thought I'd add it to my herbal offerings. Again, thank you
The only way to be sure that it has the medicinal properties you are looking for, it should be the wild variety. Once they change the DNA of the plant, there is no way to guarantee the the medicinal properties didn't change too.
Sun or shade dry. I use 2 window screens elevated on pavers. Depending on the temp I may have to bring inside over night and take back out next am. Sometimes it can take 3 days. I get the window screens cheap at habitat for humanity. They also work great to cover sowen seeds-like a green house! Then elevate as the seedlings grow. Good Luck🌷
None of the above! I was a vegetarian for 17 years but realized that my body was not functioning or healing well. Now I eat a whole foods diet that includes some grains, locally raised meat, fruits and vegetables.
🌿 Are you new to herbal medicine and wish you had a great guide designed for exactly where you are? 🌼🍃Snag my free eBook it here → www.spiraeaherbs.ca/herbal-basics
GREAT video. I have known and used Yarrow for some time and when a neighbor got a bad scratch from her rose bush thorns, I picked yarrow and suggested she apply it. Her arm was really bleeding and she refused to use it. I find is so sad that people will not trust something from nature, but automatically trust store products. Well, all we can do is try and I keep trying.
I also find that sad! It's crazy how fast people accepted modern medicine as the only way to heal. I don't begrudge people their choices, but it makes me sad how people think herbalism is dangerous.
@@SpiraeaHerbs I am an example of how it helped heal me from a variety of issues after an serious accident. Thank you for all that you share here. You are an earth angel
Last summer I had a bad nosebleed. I had some young small yarrow plants out in the garden. I picked two of the leaves, folded them over several times and rubbed them between my fingers to release the juices, then shoved the mess up my nostril. The bleeding stopped in 5 seconds. Bonus: it smelled good, too.
This summer, my yarrow plants are thriving, much larger than they were last year, and I have some blooms in addition to leaves. Sometime soon, I plan to do some harvesting to make a yarrow tincture and some yarrow powder.
Wow thank you so much for sharing that experience! It's so helpful for me because I can now share that technique with others. Greatly appreciated 💙🙏
@@SpiraeaHerbs you’re very welcome. It worked well for me when the plants were really too young to harvest much from.
Making a styptic powder is a great idea for yarrow. I give a baggie of dried leaves sandwiched in gauze to everyone in our hunting party...just in case. I have a Vitamix with a dry pitcher - and use that vs my coffee grinder, when I have large amounts of dried herbs to powder. BTW I packed yarrow leaf in gauze when I had a tooth pulled and it stopped bleeding within the first hour!
Yarrow is such an important plant to know and have in your first aid kit. Good to know about the Vitamix. Thanks for sharing.
Cobwebs are also, a styptic 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
Someone else just shared this with me recently. How cool is that!?
I'm definitely going to make this. A herbal teacher of mine also adds powdered echinacea root to promote rapid healing.
And the analgesic benefits of Echinacea would also be awesome!
I found yarrow leaves to be very effective to numb a painful bruise.
Yes I find it great for deeper tissue injuries like brusing.
I have a small medicine pill bottle that I filled with yarrow powder to keep with my gardening kit. Anytime I cut or scrape myself while working outside ('cause that never happens, lol) it's always in arms reach. Stops the bleeding almost instantly and I never get an infection from the wound. 😊
That's super smart and handy! Nice tip.
Dang you are awesome. Thank you.
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching.
Perfect timing! Been looking st my Yarrow knowing its time to collect & dry. I appreciate your attention to the leaves & I will be drying tonight! I will also be collecting the flowers, but not really sure as to how use those. that k you again!
You are most welcome! When I make tincture I use both leaves and flowers. Enjoy making medicine with yarrow
Just found your channel and love it. Exactly what I’ve been looking for!
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome to the channel.
Thank you 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this how-to. I’m growing yarrow for the first time and look forward to trying this.
You are most welcome! Thank you for watching. 🙏💙
Thank you! I am slowly getting back to learning about herbs . Blessings to you and your family! Thank you for sharing! 🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻❤️
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching.
I have yarrow everywhere in my yard and iam allergic to it 😭 have only tried it as a tea 1 time. Next time i get cut up working in the yard( probably today🤣) i will try this with the leaves and 🤞see if external is ok for me. Very informative vid-Thank U💖🌷iam going to research what other plant can stop bleeding-just incase!
Navigating allergies is hard! Is it a topical reaction you have?
@@SpiraeaHerbs I've only taken it as a tea and my throat and inside my ears got itchy-thats my red flag. So I've stayed away from it but after your video I am going to try it topically-just a little bit-i will know. I picked a piece this am and it didn't bother me, so... Comfry makes me itchy when harvesting but absolutely no problems with it as tea, oil or tincture. So 🤞🤞🤞 for topical yarrow. Loved this video-it is the easiest stop bleeding treatment!!! I will have it on hand for others even if I can't use it.💖🙏💖
Not sure, if I’ve mentioned this here before but apparently, a sister almost, severed her thumb in a lawnmower many many moons ago. The story goes that our mother rushed outside to an old shed on the property to gather cobwebs with a broom (no doctors). After, realigning my sisters thumb she covered it with the cobwebs then tied it all up with a torn up bandage made from an old clean sheet. Long story, short. It worked and eventually, it left only, a slight scar. My point is cobwebs were a known styptic back in those days 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
@@meloniestewart2940 I have not heard this story! WOW. I love how resourceful humans can be. Like who would have thought cobwebs?? But I guess if you think of their structure and what they are composed of, its not surprising. Thank you for sharing.
@@meloniestewart2940 WOW! What an awesome story and piece of "medical" information!!! Question: do u put a lot of cob webs on the wound??? I will research as well. Thanks for the info💖🙏💖
Wonderful video! Ive tried making the stypic before, but now I realize that I did not use the appropriate parts of the plant. Heading out now to gather the leaves only! :))
Thank you also, for answering that question about cheesecloth! Extremely helpful!
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You are most welcome! Thanks so much for watching.
Thank You Awesome video! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.
I would love to make this but have one question about applying the cheesecloth on open wounds. Do you put the yarrow powder on and then put on the cheesecloth or other way around? Thank you for sharing your knowledge here.
Cheesecloth first and then powder! Prevents the powder from getting in the wound 😘
@@SpiraeaHerbs thank you so much for your quick reply! I have loads of yarrow in my herb garden this year so I will make a few different herbal concoctions from the abundance 🌿🤍🌿
Interesting video, thank you for spreading that important knowledge, wonderful legacy
@@chantalberube1246 Thank you!
I dont see the link for the dehydrator you mentioned in the video?
It's linked in the description for this video :) But I'll add it here for you as well. Thanks so much for watching!
Cosori Dehydrator: amzn.to/3WeewY8
@@SpiraeaHerbs thank you. Very informative
I’m making my first patch of yarrow powder, it grows everywhere around where I live but I harvested it a little late towards fall and about 1/3 of the leaves were turning brown, I decided for my first batch to just crush the green leaves in my mortal and pestle, but I’m trying to find information on whether browning yarrow leaves are still useful.
I won't have any direct "evidence" or links, but browning means the plant is dying. It's sending the vast amount of its energy stores to the root for winter dormancy. It will definitely be less potent. In my opinion of course.
Curious why you didn't use the flowers as well. ?
You absolutely can! I just use the leaves because I save the flowers for tinctures and other applications 😊
@SpiraeaHerbs thank you for reply. I use both for everything but I've never made powder so wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something lol. I thought I'd add it to my herbal offerings. Again, thank you
@@leeannhull9586 You are most welcome! Enjoy your medicine making adventures.
can you use yarrow with pink flowers or do you need the white/wild yarrow?
The only way to be sure that it has the medicinal properties you are looking for, it should be the wild variety. Once they change the DNA of the plant, there is no way to guarantee the the medicinal properties didn't change too.
@@SpiraeaHerbs thanks, that’s what I was thinking as well. I will find some wild yarrow to plant.
I have loads of yarrow around here, but no electricity. Any suggestions?
Sun or shade dry. I use 2 window screens elevated on pavers. Depending on the temp I may have to bring inside over night and take back out next am. Sometimes it can take 3 days. I get the window screens cheap at habitat for humanity. They also work great to cover sowen seeds-like a green house! Then elevate as the seedlings grow. Good Luck🌷
@@lulabelle4760 thank you ❤
I think you got a great suggestion already but I would dry it the old fashioned way and use a mortar and pestle to dry 😊
It's winter here in New Zealand atm, but I will try out suggestions when it warms up. Thanks 💕
A friend just introduce me to your channel so if you don't mind me asking, are you vegetarian, carnivore or keto?
None of the above! I was a vegetarian for 17 years but realized that my body was not functioning or healing well. Now I eat a whole foods diet that includes some grains, locally raised meat, fruits and vegetables.
@@SpiraeaHerbs Thank you !
@@johnthomas753 No problem!