Herba militaria, The Soldiers'Herb (entry 1)

Would this happen to be a herb applied on deep cuts?

Would this happen to be a herb applied on deep cuts?

yes I would suggest that is correct, amongst many other constituents Yarrow contains a paarticular alkaloid called betonicine which has been demonstrated to be haemostatic.Its propeties range much further though being strongly antiinflammatory and diaphoretic-so an injured man in a fever could benefit from application and medication.

As far as cleaning the wound acetum is the favoured wash-though as we know urine has been used on the battlefield for this purpose.

 

nb: oddly I was going to suggest that Ulmus Fulva would be an excellent wound dressing but I see that the Native Americans beat me to it by a few hundred years.