Yarrow Flower and Diabetes

Hi dear readers,

I hope you are doing fine. I was thinking over yarrow flower while going through an article on its effect on diabetes and stabilizing blood sugar levels. I am sharing with you what I've read.

NORMAL or DANGEROUS Type Your Blood sugar Level: mg/dl

What is Yarrow Flower?

It is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae. It is mostly found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Asia and Europe.

The scientific name for this plant is Achilleamillefolium. And common names for this species include gordaldo, old man's pepper, nosebleed plantdevil's nettle, sanguinary, soldier's woundwort, milfoil, thousand-leaf and thousand-sea.

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Asterales

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Achillea

Species: A. millefolium

Biological terms are still very difficult to memorize. This is just for a general info.

Effect on Blood Sugar Levels

It contains a compound called Inuline. It helps the glucose in bloodstream going into the cells. You might know that in diabetes, the body cells are lacking glucose. Inulin helps supplying them with the amount of glucose they need.

Some flavonoids are also known to have potential role in treating the diabetes mellitus. Flavonoids perform their anti-diabetic function by stabilizing the insulin secreting cells in the pancreas.

Nutritional components

Both the flowers and leaves of this plant have nutritional value and used as edible in certain medicines. It contain certain flavonoids, terpenessome other useful compounds which have been listed below:

    Artemetin
    Luteolin
    Sesquiterpenoids
    Centaureidin
    Desacetylmatricarin
    Apigenin
    Casticin
    Paulitin
    Isopaulitin
    Psilostachyin
    Inuline
    Vitamin C
    Vitamin K
    Potassium salts
    Alpha-pinene
    Thujone
    Cyanogenic glycosides

Uses

It is used in cases of ulcers, stomach bleeds, cough, bronchitis and allergies.

Milfoil is also used for the treatment of menstrual cycle disorders.

It has been used to treat hemorrhoids, liver disorders, angina pectoris and circulatory disorders, and in lung cancer.

They are also used as anti-spasmodic, sedative, expectorant and to decrease the gastric secretions.

Due to high salicylic acid content these are used as analgesic and for the treatment of fevers, flu and common colds.

The flowers help to improve venous circulation and can also be used to improve the digestion. So this thing makes them useful in the treatment of anorexia and other eating disorders.