The Latin name, Millefolium, means ‘thousand leaf’. The common name ‘yarrow’ derives from the Anglo-Saxon name for the plant, ‘gearwe’. The genus name, Achillea, honors the Greek hero Achilles, who is said to have used Millefolium on the battlefield to staunch the bleeding of his men’s wounds. Yarrow is also a traditional women’s herb, used to ease
menstruation.
The leaves are medicinally strongest
just before flowering, and the flowers are stronger than the leaves. Conversely
it was believed to be one of the Devil’s herbs, and was used in
divination. It was also said to cause nosebleeds if a leaf was put into
the nostril, and the plant was known as ‘nosebleed’ in some
areas.
Externally, Millefolium is styptic (stops bleeding), astringent (makes tissue contract), antiseptic (inhibits bacterial growth), vulnerary (helps tissue heal), anti-inflammatory, and possibly anesthetic.
Millefolium is expectorant, carminative, , hemostatic, astringent, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic, stimulant, and emmenagogue. Modern science has identified well over a hundred active biological compounds in this plant. Among the more notable are achilleine (hemostatic), apigenin, azulene (anti-inflammatory), camphor, coumarin, inulin, menthol, quercetin, rutin, salicylic acid, and thujone (neurotoxic).
Jharkhand and principal of S. H. Medical College and Hospital,Jamshedpur
This clinical
experience shared by Dr.Sundari Semparuti,
frequent writer with EBM, who practices at Madurai
Millefolium is widely known for its Haemorrhagic power. Haemorrhages from any part, from wounds, from ulcers, bleeding is characteristically bright red and is persistent. It can be introduced as a prophylactic before a surgical procedure, tooth extraction or during confinement, in those individuals with a History of bleeding. It retards the flow. Hemorrhagic
tendency of millefolium has clinically produced results in haematuria due to acute glomerulonephritis, infective endocarditis, malignant hypertension, polyrteritis nodosa, or systemic lupos erythematosus affecting kidney, rental tuberculosis, haemorrhagic disease, renal infarction, trauma to kidneys, urinary calculi and beningn prostatic hypertrophy.
Haematemesis due to chronic gastric and duodenal ulcer, oesophageal varices, cancer of stomach,other tumours such as leiomyoma, stress ulcer and bleeding disorder. Haemoptysis due to acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchial carcinoma, pulmonary infarction, bron chiectasis, and pulmonary tuberculosis. It has also proved to be a wonderful remedy for Epistaxis (nose bleed) as has been highlighted in many of the ancient books, used by great physicians.
Millefolium is primarily a Women’s remedy. Profuse menses, continuous, bright red blood are its characteristics. Bleeding due to abortion, during labour or post partum haemorrhage, bleeding piles, varicose veins during pregnancy, millefolium ranks supreme. Other closely related drugs are Erigeron and Trillium, but millefolium is the only one of the three that has seemed to have produced haemorrhages in its pathogenesis.
Dr.G.P.Hahnemann, Chairman of Board of Examination,
Tamil Nadu Homoeopathy Medical Council, practises at Madurai
It is
one of the greatest Anti-Haemorrhagic Remedies in the homoeopathic Materia
Medica. It is immensely helpful in ailments due to over lifting, too much
physical exertion and a fall. When considering the haemorrhagic tendency,
in young women, who has prolonged, profuse, bright red bleeding with less
clots Millefolium arrested the bleeding in about
2-3days completely.
In another case of menopausal bleeding which lasted for several weeks, again Millefolium arrested the bleeding in 2-3days. In a lady of 30 years menorrhagia after too much physical exertion and travelling Millefolium helped in arresting the bleeding..
All the above cases were given Millefolium 1M only. High potency is more effective in menorrhagia rather than the lower potencies or mother tincture. Though all cases of menorrhagia cannot be treated by this remedy but in one of the cases where the bleeding was continuous for more than 15 days, when Thlaspi bursa pastoris and Sabina failed, Millefolium 1M in water doses for 2days arrested the bleeding and brought the patient to normal.
When considering the haemorrhagic tendency, in a patient who came after hysterectomy, with bleeding from the incised wound prolonged for about a month Millefolium arrested the bleeding and healed the ulcer perfectly.
Millefolium is highly useful in patients with persistently very high temperature. One of my colleague is using Millefolium in all viral fever cases with high rise of temperature as a specific and has very good result. It is not only useful in various types of viral fevers but also in dreadful diseases like leptospirosis.
I like to mention about two of my leptospirosis cases with high rise of temperature. In one case the suffusion of the eyes indicated MILLEFOLIUM. In another case, haemorrhage from rectum called for MILLEFOLIUM. In both the cases 30th potency not only stopped the bleeding but also brought down the temperature and the blood reports to normal.
Dr. P.V.Venkatraman, former Editor of Homoeopathy in Practice
practices at Chennai
who practices at Madurai , Tamil Nadu
I
was called over phone to attend a pregnant woman with bleeding. She is
pregnant for three months, had sudden bleeding per vagina. The bleeding
was bright red and painless. I thought immediately that it could be miscarriage,
but the symptoms painless and bright red dragged me to think the possibilities
in implantation. I ruled out the vaginal and cervical irritations.
The crowds around her suggested the family members to admit to a nursing home. However her family members consented to treat her since this happened three times earlier, which ended in miscarriage. I observed the patient is not at all anxious. I just referred Boreicke Clinical Repertory, which I always carry in my hand. I prescribed Millefolium and advised them to give every ten minutes. The patient slept for three hours and then got in to the bathroom. She reported that there was no bleeding at all. I left their house and none of them approached after. I thought that she had aborted, but after three years she came to me for an acute complaint with her child.
- Profuse haemorrhage
- Bright red and thin and PAINLESS.
- And absence of anxiety
I prescribed Millefolium upon three symptoms based on the BOERICKE’ S clinical repertory
The anxiety makes great difference between Aconite and Millefolium. If the same time of bleeding. We can think Haemamelis in venous hemorrhages.
This experience shared by senior physician Dr. Y.Vijaya Saradhi
Tadepalligudem of Andhrapradesh
Jorhat, Assam
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…Bright
red from any orifice of body irrespective of any disorders, millefolium
answers well. The bleeding stops instantly in many cases. I also
found this remedy useful in recurrent formation of renal calculus.
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