No need to apologize Christine. I can't see the comment you're referring to at the moment but will try to find it when I can so I can get some context of what I said. Usually I recommend a couple drops of the tincture and that's it and try to stress not to overdo it with lobelia. When I give lobelia to people I know they usually take about 3 - 4 drops of the tincture at a time, and that's what I take as well. Yarrow is great for a lot of things, I used it recently to get rid of strep throat, along with boneset. I have seen people use yarrow for tooth pain by just simply chewing on a leaf from the plant and I have chewed the flowertops to relieve pain and fight infection. It works wonders for a lot of things. In my experience using yarrow tincture with lobelia tincture has gotten rid of sever pain for me, like when I cut the tip of my thumb in half a few years ago. That was the time I took too much lobelia and yarrow, (half a dropper full of each in tincture form) and boy was I feeling good. Mild hallucinations, muscles not working very well, and I was out like a light for hours. I never recommend anyone ever get to that point and I will never get to that point again. The next few days I took much less and they still removed the pain well. Sorry for alarming you, I'll try to find the comment and see what I wrote. Thanks for bringing this up Christine, you always have valuable information to share!

Ahh, I found it. "For the pain some tincture of Yarrow and Lobelia, or just Yarrow should work, though the poultice might rid the pain." There was no clarification on my part, which is rare. I try my best to clarify with lobelia but definitely did not on this comment. My apologies.

Found some beautiful yarrow growing in my yard near a group of trees. Oklahoma...

No problem glad it helped, thanks Rich!

You're very welcome, glad you liked it!

You're very welcome stopthe madness! Thank you for the new sub too!

From where you are Yarrow should be in flower from May to August, so keep an eye out for those flowers mentioned in this video, and compare them to wild carrot if possible. There are not many other plants in our area that can look similar. The leaves however are usually a dead giveaway of Yarrow. A close inspection with comparison to this video should give you an idea of what you have.

Awesome, thank you very much bro! Will do!

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You're welcome, I'm glad it helped you!

My verbal skills lack because I am a majorly anxious introvert and am overly critical of myself while talking, but I really do wish people could smell the plants I'm discussing! That would be awesome!

Yarrow is one of my favorite wild plants for medicine because of just how versatile it is. It's not uncommon to read accounts of it being used historically in smoking blends around parts of Europe and the United States, some Native American tribes used it in smoking mixtures generally for it's calming and euphoric effects. It wasn't used to get high specifically in the way we do today, it was more ceremonial than recreational. However in some of the spice mixtures that were going around approximately 10 years ago you could find Yarrow flowers as an ingredient. I have had some effects from it and I'll tell you about them. The first time was when I cut the tip of my thumb in half. Once I got home I had used a full dropper of yarrow and Lobelia tincture in the cut, and then took a full dropper of both internally. I did that to heal the cut, clean it out, and to reduce pain and inflammation. It did all that and then some. I couldn't move for a couple hours and the room I was in had wavy bands of color that were spinning around. I felt absolutely no pain during this time but again I literally couldn't move for a few hours, like I could breathe and talk and blink but that was it. The second time was when I had a bad infection on my cheek that was getting painful and could have turned dangerous quickly. So I went hiking to find some Yarrow and white oak. I found white oak first then Yarrow last. I chewed on the twigs of the oak while munching on the Yarrow tops. Raw Yarrow is nasty and bitter as hell and my initial reaction was to spit it out. Within a few minutes I started feeling drunk. Within 30 minutes I felt like I had drank about a fifth of vodka by myself, except I didn't have the uncomfortable stomach feeling one gets with lots of alcohol. The friend I was with had to help me out of the park because I could barely walk at all let alone in a straight line. He drove me home and I picked up my car the next day. After that I had a new found respect for Yarrow and it's power over the human body. Sorry for the long response but those are my stories with Yarrow. Thanks for asking and commenting!

@@TrilliumWildEdibles That is really fascinating. Thanks for sharing your anecdotes. I find that the more I read about yarrow the more interesting it gets. I am definitely keeping the patch of yarrow in my yard (if it really is yarrow). I am about 90% sure it is but the plants are still very young so it is hard for a beginner like me to be sure. It has signs of yarrow and a forum says it is, but I tried chewing and spitting out a tiny bit and it was not bitter at all, which made me a little unsure. Guessing though that that was because of how young the plants are. Btw, although I find it very interesting I am not planning to recreationally use yarrow. The muscle spasm and loss of physical control really freaks me out to be honest. For cuts, insect bites and nosebleeds (which I unfortunately get quite often) it would be really useful though. It would also be fun to compare it to the effects of aloevera, which is what I currently use on cuts and insect bites. Keep up the good work and definitely subscribing!

It's one of my favorite herbs as well. I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting David!

Hmmm... I've always interpreted Yarrow as a more bitter flavor/smell with some astringency to it, but others I've taught get all kinds of smells. If it has all the features in this video then it probably is a Yarrow. There are ornamental varieties that have different colored flowers but the Hickory smell you mentioned is what would I call astringency in the smell. If the flowers are white and it is as portrayed in the video then it is true Yarrow, not an ornamental variety of Yarrow which may have some or no use...I'm not sure of ornamental varieties. Also Wild Yarrow doesn't have really much variation when you compare it to other plants like Queen Anne's Lace. I hope this helps a bit and good luck finding out what it is Soviless99. Thank you for commenting!

I've had some bad cuts that took a little more than 3 days to heal completely but Yarrow is absolutely the best for healing up a cut, especially when mixed with plantain and white oak bark.

Yeah it is wooly/hairy, the leaves and stem.

First, owww those suck!!!! I would add the leaves and flowers to the gauze that usually is in your mouth, I.E. a spit poultice is what it would technically be called. For the pain some tincture of Yarrow and Lobelia, or just Yarrow should work, though the poultice might rid the pain. Word of caution, Yarrow is very bitter and will make you salivate, also be careful of taking too much to often. Hope this helps and you get to feeling better soon!

Trillium: Wild Edibles THANKS for the compassion! Much appreciate . Do you mean with poultice, to apply it on top of the gauze? Let the yarrow pieces get directly in and on the wound? Tincture? like an alcohol mixture?

dannitru No problem man, I've been there and they hurt. The Yarrow should be wrapped in between the gauze. I would keep it out of the wound, not because of infection but because it might be hard to get any pieces out once the wounds heal. And yes an alcohol tincture, though glycerin based tinctures will work the same if you prefer them over alcohol based ones. Hope this helps and any more questions feel free to ask!

That could be, they look somewhat similar but Hemlock has so much space in between the individual flowers, whereas Yarrow flowers are much more tightly compact. From the right angle though to some people they very well might mistake them. Thanks for commenting!

This video was filmed in central Indiana. Thanks for watching and commenting!

What do the leaves look like?

@@TrilliumWildEdibles I just went out to look again - the leaves are long elliptical with a point and the bladders I saw were future seed heeds. The weed typically has between 8-12 flower tops each with 8 petals of 4 *2 duplicates if that helps at all. Any ideas as it is definitely not Yarrow?

It often times is confused with Daucus carota or Queen Anne's Lace, which is a wild carrot. It also can be confused with Hemlock as there is a bit of similarity in the leaves. Yarrow is in the aster family, whereas carrots, wild and domestic belong to the apiaceae family. Thanks for commenting Helen!

They made the carrot from queen Anne's lace and the wild yam. Not in the same family but they still crossbred them. That's why i dont eat carrots. Manmade foods cause nothing but chaos and destruction in the body 😊

How do you pronounce it? Just curious. :-)

You're very welcome for the info! I'm well aware of the possessive form, it was a typo. Thank you for catching that, I will fix it.