The sheep sheaf is a kind in the family of the basket bloom plants (Asteraceae) and finds as welfare plant use. Their Latin name "“achillea"” is derived from the Greek hero Achilles.

Description

This concerns krautige plants of several years. In spring the root stick drives a Rosette out from fiederigen sheets. Later a grows, on which the blooms form. The is tough and inside markhaltig. It grows up to 60 centimeters highly with fiederschnittigen sheets. The blooms form a Scheindolde. The bloom color that of most kinds is white to weak yellowish.

Spreading

The sheep sheaves grow preferentially on sunny and nitrogenous soils, for example on meadows, Rainen, at ways and debris places. It is being sufficient SAM, likes however no damp soils and is domestic in completely Europe, up to the polar circle and also in the alps.

Use

Sheep sheaf herb dte works cramp-solving, and stomach-reassuring down. Those welfare-ends effect been based particularly on the content of ethereal oils, the Gerbstoffen and further contents materials. Thus the effect is comparable nearly with the chamomile. Perhaps the Cumaringehalt can lead to allergischen reactions with skin contact with the interfaces of the plant.

The of the sheep sheaf is used for Orakelzwecken, in order to determine Hexagramme. (See: I went)

Contents materials

Contents materials: Proazulen, ethereal oils, Chamazulen, Kampfer, Achillein and other bitter materials.

Systematics

One differentiates about 200 kinds (selection) with respect to the kind:

• Bitter sheep sheaf or stone lozenge (A. clavenae)
• Pale-red meadow sheep sheaf (A. roseoalba)
• Noble sheep sheaf (A. nobilis)
• sheep sheaf (A. filipendulina)
• sheep sheaf (A. setacea)
• Yellow sheep sheaf (A. tomentosa)
• Common sheep sheaf (A. millefolium)
• Gold sheep sheaf (A. filipendula)
• Greek sheep sheaf (A. taygetea)
• sheep sheaf (A. macrophylla)
• Hill meadow sheep sheaf (A. collina)
• Kreti sheep sheaf (A. cretica)
• sheep sheaf (A. crithmifolia)
• Muskatgarbe (A. decolorans)
• Rasige meadow sheep sheaf (A. pratensis)
• Schwarzrandige sheep sheaf (A. atrata)
• Silver sheaf (A. ageratifolia)
• Moschus Schafgarbe (A. moschata)
• Sump or Bertram Schafgarbe (A. ptarmica)
• Hungarian meadow sheep sheaf (A. pannonica)
• sump sheep sheaf (A. salicifolia)
• Wollige sheep sheaf (A. lanulosa)

Related links

• Numerous photos of different kinds
• More detailed one botanische information

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