When I was a child, about eight years old, I got a very bad cold which progressed into a hospital visit. Couldn't breathe and very high fever for days. We were very poor, and since we couldn't pay the hospital, they sent me home. My Grandfather brought some herbs to my mother and told her to make a tea from the dried leaves and flowers which she did. It was very, very bitter and she made me drink many, many cups of the brew. The fever broke in less than 24 hours and I was back to school in a week. My Grandfather was a naturalist. He had brought Yarrow to my mother and probably saved my life. I now grow many different colors of yarrow, but always save the White Yarrow for illness. Always plant in poor soil as it is invasive.
When I was a child, about eight years old, I got a very bad cold which progressed into a hospital visit. Couldn't breathe and very high fever for days. We were very poor, and since we couldn't pay the hospital, they sent me home. My Grandfather brought some herbs to my mother and told her to make a tea from the dried leaves and flowers which she did. It was very, very bitter and she made me drink many, many cups of the brew. The fever broke in less than 24 hours and I was back to school in a week. My Grandfather was a naturalist. He had brought Yarrow to my mother and probably saved my life. I now grow many different colors of yarrow, but always save the White Yarrow for illness. Always plant in poor soil as it is invasive.