MILLEFOLIUM (Yarrow)


Yarrow also named as Achillea millefolium by Linnaeus because this plant was first used by Achilles, on the instruction of Chiron, to heal the wounds of his soldiers. Actually, Millefolium is a wonderful bleeding remedy. Its another name is ‘nose-bleed’ because insertion of some Millefolium leaves into the nostrils may brings nose-bleed. In Homoeopathy it is used for treating bleeding from any orifice of the body.

          Millefolium is come when the bleeding become bright red in color. Another Homoeopathic remedy Phosphorus also produce bright red bleeding but used according to constitutional symptoms similarity. Millefolium may also effective when increase bleeding from cancerous wound, to stopping bleeding. Millefolium also used to the patient who has bleeding tendency. Usually, Millefolium bleeding is developed due to falling, over-exertion, suppressed menses, suppressed lochia.

*** Headache: Millefolium cures headache due to excessive rushes of blood to the brain. Before headache eyes are congested, looking red, blurring of vision, pain at the root of the nose and forehead. Headache mostly feels on right side of the forehead and back. Slight throbbing of carotids. Flushed looking. Sensation as if all blood were carried towards head. Sensation as if right side of the head become screwed together. This condition sometime notice after reading short while. Headache sometimes relief after nose-bleeding.

*** Female condition: Millefolium beneficial for reducing excessive uterine bleeding with cramping pain in lower part of the abdomen. Menstrual flow returns after slight physical exercise. A dose of higher potency Millefolium may prevent threatened abortion. Women have tendency to bleed on slight activity, may stops on taking rest. Some cases convulsion or epileptic fits occurs after stoppage of menstrual bleeding or during the onset of menses also treated with this medicine.

*** Millefolium has some peculiar sensation. Sensation as if he forgotten somethings, as blood ascends to the head, as too much blood to the eyes, as cold air coming from the ears, liquid moving in intestine.

*** Millefolium also used for the treatment of bloody dysentery. Profuse dark chocolate color stools with burning and cramping pain in intestine. It also come for the treatment of hematuria (bloody urine), bleeding hemorrhoids, hemoptysis (sputum mixed with blood) in case of tuberculosis.

*** Modalities: Millefolium symptoms are increased by stooping, lifting, exertion, fall from height, coffee drinking and reduce by rest, lying down.

*** Relations:

          Compare: Erech. (epistaxis, hemoptysis), Hamma, Ipecac (haemorrhage), Bry, Ustilago, hamma (hematemesis), Acon. (haemorrhage, profuse bright red flow with anxiety, but in Mille; absence of anxiety).

          Incompatible: Coffee (causes congestion to head).  

 

___Amatul Zami Aditi

Student (final year B.H.M.S.)

Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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