Aromatherapy is a form of naturopathy that uses essential oils and vegetable oils for your well-being and to relieve certain pathologies. Plant species are indeed made up of active molecules that act internally, externally, or in the air to treat one or more ailments and contribute to your general well-being.
Properties of yarrow essential oil
The properties of yarrow essential oil are explained by the presence of active compounds originally present in the flowering parts of Achillea millefolium.
For health
Anti-inflammatory
Due to its richness in sesquiterpene lactones, yarrow essential oil has powerful anti-inflammatory effects. Its richness in camphor completes its action thanks to analgesic, anti-neuralgic and relaxing properties of smooth and striated muscles.
Healing
The richness of the oil in sesquiterpene lactones explains its healing properties, but also softening of the skin, analgesic, and anti-itchy.
Anti-haemorrhagic
Yarrow essential oil is a powerful homeostatic, that is, suitable to stop the flow of blood.
Other properties:
Anti-itching
For well-being
Tonic, stimulating
Thanks to its richness in monoterpenes, yarrow essential oil is a general tonic and stimulating of the body. This property is explained by the stimulation of adrenal corticosteroids.
Indications of yarrow essential oil
Thanks to the many properties described above, yarrow oil has multiple indications.
For health
Muscle and joint pain
Its inflammatory properties make it interesting to relieve a wide range of muscle and joint pain: arthritis, sprain, Dupuytren's disease, and rheumatism mainly.
Inflammation and pain related to the nervous system
Thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties and tonic action on the nervous system, yarrow essential oil can relieve nervitis and neuralgia.
Skin problems
The essential oil of yarrow having healing properties, it is used in cases of the crevice, cracking, eczema, small wounds, micro-cuts, and even shingles.
Gynaecological disorders
The anti-hemorrhagic properties of the oil explain why it is also used in menstrual imbalances (dysmenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, etc.) and prostate disorders.
For well-being
Restlessness, anxiety, and anxiety
Emotional shock
Latent depression
Heightened sensitivity
Stress
Overwork
Sadness, emotional imbalance
Use of yarrow essential oil
The modes of use of yarrow essential oil are relatively limited.
Skin application, massage
By the dermal route, yarrow should be used locally in a moderate and highly diluted dose (maximum 5%).
- Arthritis: dilute with vegetable oil and massage the affected area.
- Sprain: dilutes with vegetable oil and massage the affected area.
- Dupuytren's disease: dilutes with vegetable oil and massages the painful area.
- Rheumatism: dilute with vegetable oil and massage the painful area.
- Skin itch: dilute with vegetable oil and apply to the affected part.
- For other skin disorders: dilute with vegetable oil and apply to the part concerned.
- Menstrual imbalances (dysmenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, etc.): dilute with vegetable oil and massage the lower abdomen.
- Prostate disorders: dilute with vegetable oil and massage the lower abdomen.
- Inflammation and/or pain related to the nervous system (neuritis, neuralgia): dilute with vegetable oil and massage the part concerned.
- Overwork: in massage by diluting vegetable oil (wrists and plants of the feet).
Oral
The internal route is contraindicated.
Inhalation
Inhalation of yarrow essential oil is not recommended. The only possibility to enjoy its effects on well-being, dilute it strongly in vegetable oil and deposit a few drops of the mixture on the wrists, or in the bath by mixing a few drops to a neutral base.
Diffusion
Yarrow essential oil is not compatible with diffusion due to its richness in ketones.
Precautions for the use of yarrow essential oil
Potentially neurotoxic and abortive, yarrow essential oil is strictly contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women, in children before 12 years of age, and in people with epilepsy.
Yarrow essential oil is also to be avoided in people allergic to camphor.
Attention: The properties and indications mentioned on this sheet are based on a research setting that presents a traditional use of essential oil, recognized by experts in aromatherapy.
Nevertheless, it remains recommended for the use of essential oils to contact a professional of aromatherapy in order to collect personalized and secure information, adapted to your medical situation, your profile, and your age.
Choosing a good yarrow essential oil
To choose a good essential oil of yarrow, it is necessary to have in mind its optimal biochemical composition, its physical and organoleptic characteristics as well as some notions about its geographical exploitation.
Common Name: Yarrow, Yarrow, Cut Grass, St. Joseph Grass, St. John's Grass, Carpenter's Grass, Nose
Latin name: Achillea millefolium
Botanical family: Asteraceae
Distilled part: Flowery aerial part
Origin: Balkans (Bulgaria) (in the wild)
Biochemical composition
The biochemical composition is likely to evolve depending on the production conditions and the quality of the oil. Nevertheless, this composition can be relied upon to evaluate the quality of an oil:
Main chemical compound: Monoterpenes (15 to 30%) (sabinene, pinene, etc.), Sesquiterpenes (12 to 18%) (beta-caryophyllene, germacrene, Chamazulene, etc.), Ketones (6 to 18%) (Camphor, isoartemisia, thujone ...)
Other chemical compounds: Monoterpenols (2 to 12%) (Terpineol, Borneol, etc.), Oxides (5 to 10%) (1.8 Cineole), Esters (1 to 10%), Lactones.
Physical characteristics
A good yarrow essential oil must have the following physical characteristics:
Density at 20°C: 0.995 to 1
Refractive index at 20°C: 1.332 to 1.334
Organoleptic characteristics
The oil is colorless to whitish and exudes a sweet and floral scent.
History of yarrow essential oil
Yarrow has been known and recognized for millennia. Legend has it that Achilles, from which it takes its name, used it to heal wounded warriors following the advice of the centaurs. This use also lasted until the nineteenth century, and that is why it is often nicknamed 'the military grass'. Beyond this ability to stop the blood from wounds and accelerate healing, many peoples from all walks of the world have been able to exploit its choleretic, antispasmodic, and astringent properties. In fact, we can even go back to the time of Neanderthal Man since we found Yarrow pollens in a tomb at the site of Shanidar IV, in Iraq
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