millefolium

Usually one considers first the use of diaphoretic teas to promote perspiration, such as lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), mint (Menta species), elder flowers (Sambucus nigra) used singly or in combination in a tea.

THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

But Gerard supposes it may have been the _Achillea millefolium nobile_, which grows with a thick root and longer leaves, on a fat and fruitful soil,

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

It is pleasant also to be reminded that our common Yarrow (_Achillea millefolium_) dates back to Achilles, who used it to cure his wounded friend, and that Mint is simply Menthe, transformed to a plant by the jealous Proserpine.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various

Corrections made to printed original.p. 499, History: "It was, however, recovered": 'recoverd' in original p. 506, 1st para: "the yarrow (Achillea millefolium)."

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

The Yarrow, from _hiera_, holy herb (_Achillea millefolium_), or

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The tribes of Russia use a decoction of Artemesia vulgaris to increase the pain; in the same way Achillea millefolium is used, and this latter is universally resorted to in all uterine troubles.

Labor Among Primitive Peoples 1884

_Yarrow_ (_Achillæa millefolium_) is usually regarded as a weed, but sheep are very fond of it, and when they can get it, never fail to eat it greedily.

The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875

I think it likely that some of the plants just mentioned, the milfoil (Achillea millefolium), the tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), or ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare, L.), all growing in the Confederate States, may possibly be found to answer the purpose of destroying insects, lice, etc., on plants and animals.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow), by river and log-paths, and Smith's.

The Maine Woods 1858

_Achillea millefolium_ (milfoil) was among the characteristic plants of the river bottoms to-day.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851