Yarrow Plant

Yarrow Plant

There were many other topics that were very interesting to me. But the one that stood out the most was the yarrow plant. I choose this topic because I knew some previous classmates that told me that this was an interesting topic, and from there I decided to do a research paper on this plant species. Also, this type of plant is a medicinal plant which also made it quite intriguing to write about.
The main commercial importance of my topic is that Yarrow is a European native that has taken famously to the United States. It grows nearly everywhere as a weed. Distinctive in both aroma and appearance, it is popular in perennial beds. The yarrow has a anti-inflammatory and hemostatic properties, and it is a genus that has been used medicinally by indigenous cultures worldwide.
The yarrow has a unique history of origin. Yarrow was known as the Soldier’s Woundwort and Herbe Militaris for thousands of years (Grieve), used to pack wounds as a functional antiseptic and, hemostatic material this latter attribute is especially important in combat where bleeding to death is a constant risk. This made Yarrow the superior wound dressing, since it stopped bleeding. It was much preferred to the other materials used to pack deep open wounds resulting from idiotic serious combat, clay, moss (sphagnum moss was still used to make antiseptic dressings for WWI, harvested in large quantities, train car loads, from the bogs around South bend, WA), spider webs, and horse manure (a favorite of the Napoleonic wars during winter and in Russia during the Russian evolution).
Yarrow is also an analgesic and antiseptic, so that it stops bleeding, lessens pain, prevents infections, and is often abundant in the open meadows favored particularly by the ancient armies in the Mediterranean wars. It is also available 12 months of the year in milder temperate zones, particularly in the areas where the surgeon-general Achilles was fighting during the also idiotic Trojan Wars. The Latin name for...