Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham 1985

Yarrow
The Herbs

(Achillea millefolium) P Sk

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: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Powers: Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism

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.