More of Yarrow or Millfoil

Millfoil or 1000 leaf
Commonly grown about
One of the medicinal herbs
With a curative clout
In ditches fields and lanes
Canals and dabbling brooks
Mythology I’ve read about it
In a lot of books

Achilles son of Peleus
A heroic man of war
His right heel weak
And pained him so
Taught his soldiers
Of its core
Value as a vulnerary
As an ointment wounds and ulcers do
Clear up quickly
In powdered form
Nosebleeds they do too
Chew roots or leaves with toothache
A fine tonic I might say
Aromatic and cleansing
For eruptive diseases like Measles so they say
Tops
And flowers
Just scald them
About one ounce per pint
With a dash of agave and cayenne