Do medicinal properties of herbs transfer to wine 6

Thanks for the feedback. Ken's reply brought back memories of college organic chemistry, taken 20 something years ago.

I did some more searching. Not much found about Yarrow wine, although there was one thing that gave me a slight scare (see below).

Lots of stuff on Yarrow itself for those interested (sorry for the hack job putting it together).

An amazing herb that can be used externally and internally.

A tea made with Yarrow leaves and flowers is used internally as a remedy for hangover to help the body eliminate toxins.

The herb tea has also been used in the past for stimulating appebreaste, helping stomach cramps, flatulence, gastritis, enteritis, gallbladder and liver problems and internal haemorrhage - particularly of the lungs. It's effect is described as 'diaphoretic', causing the dilation of surface capillaries and helping poor circulation.

The tea is also used to induce sweating to help break a fever, for colds, to aid digestion and to relieve menstrual cramps.

Another common use for yarrow was taking it to alleviate mild depression and indigestion.

A decoction of yarrow has been used for all sorts of external wounds and sores from chapped skin, eczema, sore nipples, to stop bleeding, for cleansing and to help relieve pain and swelling.

Yarrow intensifies the medicinal action of other herbs taken with it.

It is reported to be buttociated with the treatment of the following ailments:

Amenorrhea, anti-inflammatory, bowels, bleeding, blood clots, blood pressure (lowers), blood purifier, blood vessels (tones), Catarrh (acute, repertory), colds, chicken pox, circulation, contraceptive (unproven), cysbreastis, diabetes treatment, digestion (stimulates), dyspepsia, eczema, fevers, flu's, gastritis, glandular system, gum ailments, Heartbeat (slow), influenza, insect repellant, internal bleeding, liver (stimulates and regulates), lungs (hemorrhage), measles, menses (suppressed), menorrhagia, Menstruation (regulates, relieves pain), Nipples (soreness), nosebleeds, piles (bleeding), smallpox, stomach sickness, toothache, thrombosis, ulcers, urinary antiseptic, Uterus (tighten and contract), varicose veins, vision

The salicylic acid derivatives are a component of aspirin, which may account for its use in treating fevers and reducing pain. Yarrow tea is also said to be able to clear up a cold within 24 hours.

Yarrow yields a volatile oil containing azulene, also gum, tannin, resin, chlorides of calcium and potbuttium, and various salts such as nitrates, malates, and phosphorus, cineol and proaculene, achilleine (which is the bitter component of the herb), and vitamin C. Over a 100 biologically active compounds have been identified from yarrow.

No clear toxicity has been buttociated with yarrow. The FDA has expressed concern about a toxic consbreastuent of yarrow known as thujone and permits only thujone-free yarrow extracts for use in beverages. Nonetheless, the common spice sage contains more thujone than yarrow, and the FDA lists sage as generally recognized as safe.

Before the importation of hops in colonial times, yarrow was used to clarify and flavor beer. Linnaeus reported that beer treated with yarrow was much more potent than beer flavored with hops!

Washing your hair with an infusion of yarrow will prevent baldness, but will not cure it if it already has begun.

In France and Ireland, people wanting to be more clairvoyant hold Yarrow over their eyes

In China, it is said that it grows around the grave of Confucius. Chinese proverbs claim that yarrow brightens the eyes and promotes intelligence. # In the 1500s, the British herbalist John Gerard recommended it for relieving "swelling of those secret parts." # Some people believed that you could determine the devotion of a lover by poking a yarrow leaf up your nostril and twitching the leaf while saying, "Yarroway, Yarroway, bear a white blow: if my love loves me, my nose will bleed now." (Yarrow is a nasal irritant, and generally causes the nose to bleed if inserted). # Homer tells us that the centaur Chiron, who conveyed herbal secrets to his human pupils, taught Achilles to use yarrow on the battle grounds of Troy. Achilles is said to have used it to stop the bleeding wounds of his soldiers. For centuries it has been carried in battle because of its magical as well as medicinal properties. # Yarrow grows native in the orient. Oriental tradition buttured mountain wanderers that where the yarrow grew neither tigers nor wolves nor contagionous plants would be found. # Nursery rhymes say if you put a yarrow sachet under your pillow, you will dream of your own true love. If you dream of cabbages (the leaves do have a similar scent), then rest or other serious misfortune will strike. # Yarrow was one of the herbs put in Saxon amulets. These amulets were for protection from everything from blindness, to barking dogs. # In the Middle Ages, witches were said to use yarrow to make incantations. This may be the source for the common names devil's nettle, devils plaything, and bad man's plaything. # Western European tradition connects yarrow with a goddess and a demon. Yarrow was a witching herb, used to summon the devil or drive him away. But it was also a loving herb in the domain of Aphrodite. # Hang a bunch of dried yarrow or yarrow that had been used in wedding decorations over the bed, to ensure a lasting love for at least seven years. # shakers used yarrow for complaints from hemorrhages to flatulence # Navajo indians consider it to be a "life medicine," and chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. # During the excavation of a 40,000-60,000 year old neanderthal tomb, pollen from yarrow (among other herbs) was found. # It has also been used as a Quinine subsbreastute

Norman Taylor, a 20th century authority on plants, states that there is no scientific evidence for yarrow's medical properties.

Can cause dermabreastis in many individuals

In rare cases, yarrow can cause severe allergic skin rashes; prolonged use can increase the skin's photosensitivity.

Alcohol extracts of Yarrow stopped the sperm production of laboratory mice.

Avoid large doses in pregnancy because the herb is a uterine stimulant.

Note: Drinking yarrow tea may cause urine to turn brown; this is considered normal and harmless.

Yarrow interferes with the absorption of iron and other minerals.

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Yarrow leaves have been used in tobacco or snuff mixtures.

Finely chopped young leaves are added to salads or soft cheese dips for a pepper flavor.

An essential oil extracted from this plant is used in perfumery.

Yellow and green dyes can be obtained from the flowers.

Yarrow is a dynamic accumulator of nitrogen, potbuttium, phosphorus and copper.

The leaves of this plant can be used to make a liquid feed for plants.

Plants increase the aromatic quality of all nearby herbs.

Yarrow can be grown as a both a cover crop and a ground cover.

The presence of yarrow growing wild in an area is indicative of soils that are low in potbuttium.

Both dried and growing plants are said to repel beetles, ants and flies.

Yarrow provides wonderful compost material and it will help speed up the composting process when added to piles. The flowers of this plant are an essential ingredient of ‘Quick Return’ herbal compost activator.

Both the foliage and the flowering stocks can be used medicinally for livestock, especially sheep. Yarrow can be grown as a pasture crop so that livestock can browse it as they please.

Plants provide forage for bees and attract beneficial insects including ladybugs, parasitic wasps, aphids, scales and whiteflies.