Note: Top

Temperature: Cooling

Elements: Wood, Fire

Meridians: Liver, Heart

Traditional Actions/Indications:

• Clears Stagnant Liver Heat
  Stomach cramps, gallbladder pain
  Eczema, allergic skin conditions
  Vaginal infections and irritations
  Emotional blockage, deeply repressed anger and bitterness subconsciously linked to vulnerability and emotional wounds
• Moves Qi and Blood
  Varicose veins, haemorrhoids
  Dysmenorrhoea
  Wounds
• Tonifies Heart Yin and Yang
  Emotional shifts during menopause and major life changes
  To facilitate intuition, dreaming and visionary experiences

Cautions: Avoid in pregnancy, babies and children. Avoid using continuously for long periods.

Yarrow

Family: Asteracea/Compositae

Note: Middle

Temperature: Cold

Meridians: Liver, Spleen, Heart, Kidney

Traditional Actions/Indications:

• Clears Heat
• Moves Qi and Blood
• Regulates the flow of Liver Qi
• Tonifies Spleen, Heart and Kidney Qi
• Raises Spleen Yang
• Promotes sweating

Cautions: Childen, pregnancy and ragweed allergy. Neurotoxic.

These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently.