Anchors slender wild grass. Якорцы стелющиеся трава, Zhytomyr region.

A liquid extract prepared from yarrows shows a hypotensive, diuretic and antisclerotic effect, and also improves the production of gastricjuice. In the second half of the 20th century, the domestic pharmaceutical industry produced a medicine called tribusponin from this herb, which was used for the treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis. Today, the plant is used in Bulgaria for the production of stimulant drugs. In traditional folk medicine, this herb is used as a tonic and diuretic.