Achillea

Milfoil, Yarrow. The herb mille folium. Properties due to a bitter, aromatic, astringent, tonic extractive, achillein, and a volatile oil. It has long been used as a vulnerary, and has been highly recommended for intermit tents, and in low, exanthematous fevers. Dose infusion ad lib.; of the extractive, 3 j— iij; of the volatile oil, gtt. v— xv. Unof. To the genus Achillea belong various other unofficial medicinal plants, as A. moschata, of the Alps, used in preparing cordials and a diaphoretic medicine, and A. ptarmic a, or sneezewort, a strong sialagogue.