The Yarrow plant is also used for divination in Chinese culture. The proper name Achillea is taken from Achilles, the Ancient Greek hero who was immortal and invulnerable except for his heel.

The yarrow plant is a herbaceous flowering perennial ... the herb could remedy "all other cold diseases of the head and braines, as the giddiness or swimming therein, drowsiness or dulnesse ...

but still does well when the plant is at the end of the scorching summer heat. According to Johnston, Lavender and Yarrow ...