Yarrow smells of high summer – a warm, pungent, hypnotic, slightly narcotic scent coming forth from a cluster of white blossoms that form a moon-like flowering head growing from a woody stem with feathery leaves. The scent invites you into the deep dreams of an
Yarrow was probably my very first plant companion that I discovered in childhood. It was growing all over the place and I pulled out my grandmother's old guide to folk plant medicine to find out what it was! The rest is history.
It was also one of the first plants I used to make my own medicine - I made a yarrow oil infusion. It proved to be worth its weight in gold after I was stung by jellyfish, which resulted in a 20 cm long burn that kept getting reinfected for months. Yarrow oil was what finally calmed it down. Afterwards, once the infection was gone, I was putting my calendula oil on it, which helped it fade away completely.
Thank you for this medicine and magic, yarrow is one of my favourites, it grows abundantly in the meadow beside my house, although it won’t be in bloom here for another couple of months, is it already flowering in Maine?
What an inspiring post; thank you. We have a great deal of wild yarrow (with a beautiful pink variant) on the land we tend here; I'm waiting for its resurgence right now.
We had a pony who gashed her leg very badly, several miles from home, and was losing a lot of blood. We had no option but to walk her back; I held a big bunch of yarrow to the wound while my daughter led her. She made it.
Beautiful! I have such a soft spot for yarrow & its gentle but powerful boundary holding. And as you've written here, yarrow as a "herb of the blood" attests to its history as a powerful battlefield herb for the staunching of wounds.
thank you for a wonderful post. I'm spending each month of this year in the company of a particular herb and yarrow is my April herb. The garden fills with it in summer and I really echo what you say about it being so this worldly and so otherworldly at once. I also laughed at the idea of ancestors trying out a selection of possible herbs while bleeding profusely :) Absolutely about being in resonance with these amazing allies. i also find yarrow excellent for drawing boundaries.
i always connect yarrow to chiron, and this recent eclipse conjunct the asteroid chiron brought yarrow full-frontal for me. i actually just shared a writing about this ally as well, from a mythic & magical perspective. hoping to join your class to dive more deeply into this wave length 🙏🏽
I missed your class but really love what you say about yarrow and agree wholeheartedly
Love Yarrow such a soothing plant
Wonderful read, Seán.
Yarrow was probably my very first plant companion that I discovered in childhood. It was growing all over the place and I pulled out my grandmother's old guide to folk plant medicine to find out what it was! The rest is history.
It was also one of the first plants I used to make my own medicine - I made a yarrow oil infusion. It proved to be worth its weight in gold after I was stung by jellyfish, which resulted in a 20 cm long burn that kept getting reinfected for months. Yarrow oil was what finally calmed it down. Afterwards, once the infection was gone, I was putting my calendula oil on it, which helped it fade away completely.
Thank you for this medicine and magic, yarrow is one of my favourites, it grows abundantly in the meadow beside my house, although it won’t be in bloom here for another couple of months, is it already flowering in Maine?
Fantastic information! I signed up for your webinar though I will have to watch the recording. Thanks Sean!
What an inspiring post; thank you. We have a great deal of wild yarrow (with a beautiful pink variant) on the land we tend here; I'm waiting for its resurgence right now.
We had a pony who gashed her leg very badly, several miles from home, and was losing a lot of blood. We had no option but to walk her back; I held a big bunch of yarrow to the wound while my daughter led her. She made it.
This is an interesting article, Sean, and it is one I plan to save for future reference.
Beautiful! I have such a soft spot for yarrow & its gentle but powerful boundary holding. And as you've written here, yarrow as a "herb of the blood" attests to its history as a powerful battlefield herb for the staunching of wounds.
thank you for a wonderful post. I'm spending each month of this year in the company of a particular herb and yarrow is my April herb. The garden fills with it in summer and I really echo what you say about it being so this worldly and so otherworldly at once. I also laughed at the idea of ancestors trying out a selection of possible herbs while bleeding profusely :) Absolutely about being in resonance with these amazing allies. i also find yarrow excellent for drawing boundaries.
Twould be good to make a protection circle at your event. Such events draw many beings some disruptive...
Indeed, thank you.
i always connect yarrow to chiron, and this recent eclipse conjunct the asteroid chiron brought yarrow full-frontal for me. i actually just shared a writing about this ally as well, from a mythic & magical perspective. hoping to join your class to dive more deeply into this wave length 🙏🏽
I have soooo much yarrow appearing here on my property. I want to get the stagnant blood flowing
Signed up for tomorrow