Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Tincture

Yarrow Tincture (1 : 4)

What is yarrow herb (Achillea millefolium)?

The traditional plant owes its name to its popularity with sheep, which readily eat it as a forage plant. Achillea millefolium has also been known in European herbal tradition for a long time. Its Latin name Achillea refers to the legend of the Greek hero Achilles; this historical note is included solely to describe the plant.

Although the plant can appear modest with its small white, aromatic flowers and a height of up to 60 cm, it has an interesting botanical profile.

Yarrow herb is found throughout Europe as well as in North Asia and North America. Achillea prefers sunny locations and dry soils. It is often found on meadows, pastures and roadsides. The plant is regarded as robust in relation to cold, heat and temporary dryness. Excessive fertilisation is less suitable for it - yarrow is a plant of near-natural locations.

For our products, we use ground yarrow herb as the botanical base. As you would expect from Phönix der Lebenskraft, we focus on carefully selected raw materials and transparent processing.

A plant with tradition

Yarrow herb has had a place in European herbal tradition since antiquity. This tincture is a liquid herbal preparation for supplementing the daily diet. The leaves and flowers are processed as a 1:4 herbal preparation; the recommended daily intake corresponds to a preparation made from around 2100 mg of dried yarrow herb.

What's inside:

Yarrow herb naturally contains:

• essential oils (including proazulene and chamazulene as typical plant constituents)
• flavonoids (secondary plant compounds that naturally occur in many herbs)
• tannins and bitter compounds (characteristic plant compounds with a tart-bitter flavour profile)

Yarrow tincture with a clear formulation

The formulation is tailored to the botanical preparation and designed for the stated intake recommendation.

Yarrow tincture ingredients

Also contains traces of acetic acid from apple cider vinegar (less than 1%) and water.

Yarrow tincture intake recommendation

The longer-term recommended daily intake is 280 drops (approx. 8.5 millilitres) per day, preferably divided into five intakes of around 56 drops each. Start with a total of 180 drops (approx. 5.5 millilitres) per day - or five times 36 drops - and then increase over a few days to the longer-term recommended daily intake. Use the supplied pipette to count the drops.

Notes

Food supplements are generally not a substitute for a balanced and varied diet and a healthy lifestyle. Store protected from heat, dry and strictly out of the reach of children. The recommended daily intake stated here must not be exceeded.

The tincture is naturally cloudy and must be shaken before use.

Important: Contains 60% alcohol by volume. Pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under 12 years of age should not take this tincture due to the natural thujone content in the essential oils of yarrow. Consumption is not recommended in case of a known allergy to plants of the Asteraceae family (including, rarely, yarrow).