• HAEMORRHAGES – profuse, bright red, painless, especially from injury, without fever, without anxiety, without nausea
• Ailments from over lifting, overexertion, fall
• Cough from suppression of menses, of haemorrhoids

Source: Vegetable kingdom
Synonyms: Yarrow, Achilea millefolium
Family: Compositae
Prover: Dr Nenning, one of the Hahnemann’s provers
Duration of Action: 1 to 3 days

Introduction and History: Yarrow was named Achilea by Linneus because the plant is mentioned in the iliad as having been used by Achilles, on the instruction of Chiron to heal the wounds of his shoulders. The knowledge of the wound healing power of Millefolium is thus of great antiquity.

Millefolium received it’s popular name, ‘Nosebleed’ because nosebleed occurs if the leaves are inserted into the nostrils. There is another species of Achilea, besides Millefolium is indigenous to Great Britain, Achilea ptarmic, called ‘Sneeze-wort’ from its allergic properties.

Preparation and Parts Used: It is prepared from the tincture of the fresh whole plant.

Constitution and Physiognomy: Suites aged, atonic, anaemic women and children.

Ailments From: ill-effects from operation for stones – gall stones and kidney stones; bad effects from a fall from a height, injury, over lifting, overexertion, suppressed lochia, menses and milk.

Physio-pathological Changes (Pathology)

1. It acts on venous capillary vessels producing their contraction.
2. Acts as a haemostatic. Arrests active haemorrhage from the nose, lungs, bowels and uterus.

Characteristic Mental Symptoms (Psychology)

1. Patient seems to have forgotten something.
2. Does not know what he is doing or wants to do.
3. Aversion to work, sadness.
4. Violent, irritable. Very excited with pain in the pit of the stomach.
5. Moaning children. Sighing and groaning of children.

Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms

Haemorrhages: Painless, bright red haemorrhages without fever from the lungs, bronchi, larynx, mouth, nose, stomach, bladder, rectum, uterus; of mechanical origin.

Wounds: Bleed profusely, especially after a fall.

Vertigo: Vertigo when moving slowly but not during violent exercise.

Haemoptysis: Haemoptysis after an injury; incipient phthisis, in haemorrhoidal patients, from a ruptured blood vessel.

Cough: Cough with raising of blood in suppressed menses or haemorrhoids, with oppression and palpitation after a fall from a height, after violent exercise, at 4 pm.

Vicarious menstruation: There is painless drainage from the nose, lungs, uterus; after labour or abortion, after great exertion, after miscarriage.

Post-partum haemorrhage: A preventive remedy for post-partum haemorrhage.

Menses: Menses are early, profuse, protracted, suppressed, with colic in the abdomen.

Leucorrhoea: A very useful medicine for leucorrhoea in girls, from atony.

Important Characteristic Features

Female reproductive organs: It is very useful for the prolonged bleeding of a hard labour. It is curative in post-partum haemorrhage. Painful varicose veins during pregnancy. Suppressed lochia with violent fever, lochia too profuse. Menses are early, profuse, protracted. Infertility from profuse menses. Uterine haemorrhages are bright red, fluid. Suppressed haemorrhages with epileptic attacks.

General Modalities

Aggravation: By violent exertion, coffee, stooping, doubling the body, exertion, by lifting.

Amelioration: From bleeding, discharges, wine.

Remedy Relationships

Antidotes: Arum-m.

Incompatible: Coffee causes congestion of the head.

Comparison

Diseases of first and second childhood: Bar-c, Mill, Op.

Phthisis after mechanical injuries to the chest: Mill, Ruta.

Injuries: Arn, Mill, Sul-ac.

Dosage: As per Dr William Boericke, in low potencies – tincture to third potency. It acts equally well in 30 potency.

Repetition: It bears repetition well. Single dose may be enough.

Therapeutic Value: Bruises, Dysmenorrhoea, Epilepsy, Fistula lachrymalis, Haematemesis, Haematuria, Haemoptysis, Haemorrhages, Infertility, Injuries, Leucorrhoea, Nosebleed, Puerperal convulsions, Varicose veins.