| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
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| Rafert, S. 1992 | Use - Medicinal | A tea is made from root or flowers for "chills and fevers", poultices made for cuts.
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| Anonymous 1724 | Use - Medicinal | "The herb of a thousand leaves for all sorts of cuts". |
One of Achillea millefolium's names in antiquity was 'thousand leaf', as the Latin specific epiphet denotes. The author is describing tribal customs from the upper Midwest, probably including some of the Miami-Illlinois tribal groups. – Michael Gonella |
| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Use - Medicinal | Leaves washed, mashed and placed in cuts and wounds. |
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| USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Database 2006 | Habitat | Common yarrow is found throughout North America, including eastern and western Myaamia lands. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
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| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Eugene Brown remembers being with a Potawatomi medicine man, John Moore, who showed him the yarrow plant who said if you are having trouble with bad dreams/evil spirits you hang this plant upside down around the outside of the house to keep them away. |