====== Yarrow ======
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latin_names: Achillea millefolium
folk_names: AchiUea, Arrowroot (although yarrow is not what is commonly refered to as arrowroot), Bad Man's Plaything, Carpenter's Weed, Death Flower, Devil's Nettle, Eerie, Field Hops, Gearwe, Hundred Leaved Grass, Knight's Milfoil, Knyghten, Lady's Mantle, Milfoil, Militaris, Military Herb, Millefolium, Noble Yarrow, Nosebleed, Old Man's Mustard, Old Man's Pepper, Sanguinary, Seven Year's Love, Snake's Grass, Soldier's Woundwort, Stanch Griss, Stanch Weed, Tansy, Thousand Seal, Wound Wort, Yarroway, Yerw
gender_tags: Feminine
planet_tags: Venus
element_tags: Water
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism
part_tags: fresh flowers, dried flowers, essential oil
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===== Magical Uses =====

When worn, yarrow protects the wearer, and when held in the hand, it stops all fear and grants courage.

A bunch of dried yarrow hung over the bed or yarrow used in wedding decorations ensures a love lasting at least seven years. Yarrow is also used in love spells.

Carrying yarrow not only brings love but it also attracts friends and distant relations you wish to contact. It draws the attention of those you most want to see.

The flowers are made into an infusion and the resulting tea is drunk to improve psychic powers.

Washing the head with a yarrow infusion will prevent baldness but won't cure it if it has already begun.

Yarrow is also used to exorcise evil and negativity from a person, place or thing.

===== Aromatherapy =====

These flowers produce a rich, full-bodied scent. The essential oil is a beautiful blue due to its azulene content. Its aroma is even more astonishing. Yarrow essential oil is also, unfortunately, expensive.

Yarrow is an excellent choice for those wishing to hone their psychic awareness. The aroma, when sniffed with visualization, lulls the conscious mind and allows true psychic communication to take place. Place a few drops onto a cotton ball, hold it up to your nose and inhale while in a relaxed sitting position.

For a far different purpose, smell the flowers to instill courage within yourself. Do this, of course, with proper visualization.

Yarrow has been a part of love charms for countless centuries. The scent magnifies love for self and for others, and so can be utilized in love-attracting rituals.
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