Asteraceae Achillea millefolium L.

Common Yarrow

Kwakiutl - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 278

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Scientific name: Achillea millefolium L.
USDA symbol: ACMIM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Poultice of leaves applied to chest for hardened breasts after childbirth.

RECRD: 80333 id: 855

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