Family legumes from the plant world have brought people much benefit - they are used for food and used for treatment in folk medicine.
For example, a red clover. Probably many people have already met him on forest fringes, steppes and meadows more than once, but did these people imagine that they have a real cure for many diseases that is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine? This nondescript plant, about 20-90 cm long with straight stems and inflorescences of red color, is very sensitive to the anthropogenic factor - human activity. It is also used by man for the treatment of cancer, nervous disorders, bacterial infections, and many other pathologies.
Considering that the plant is rare, even if it grows on a nearby lawn with your dacha in Ukraine, do not rush to rip it off, and better go to the pharmacy where you can find a special collection with its leaves and inflorescences. As a rule, in one pouch sell 50 g of herbal collection. The likelihood of finding red clover in phyto-pharmacies is much higher than in conventional ones.
The healing properties of clover meadow and composition
The healing properties of clover grass are used to treat completely different ailments. For these purposes, leaves and inflorescences of the plant are very attractive.
Useful properties of the leaves of clover meadow are due to their composition:
- asparagine;
- tyrosine;
- hypoxanthine;
- xanthine;
- magnesium;
- calcium;
- phosphorus;
- chromium;
- copper.
The healing properties of clover colors are also associated with the content of the following substances in them:
- coumaric acid;
- salicylic acid;
- flavonoids;
- trifolin;
- isotripholine;
- essential oil;
- resins;
- vitamins A, E and C;
- furfural;
- carotenoids.
The healing properties of meadow red clover and disease
For treatment, the clover is applied either externally or inward.
Red clover as onkoprotektor
The healing properties of red clover, if you believe folk medicine experts, help with cancer of the ovaries, lymphatic system and breast cancer. He, allegedly, stops the growth of substandard formations, cleanses the blood and drives lymph.
Red clover as a cure for infections
Meadow clover is used in hepatitis and monoculosis, as well as viral infections of the respiratory tract, because its flowers have expectorant, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects. Decoction based on meadow clover has a diuretic and diaphoretic remedy, which is beneficial for ARVI, influenza, and especially for bronchitis .
Red clover as a detoxification and cleanser
This plant was used in antiquity by shamans, who in combination were doctors. For example, in ancient China it was used to treat the liver and intestinal diseases, as well as the gallbladder. The active substances of the clover flowers and useful properties saved the inhabitants from the toxic processes occurring in the "main filter" of the body.
Red clover with skin diseases
If we talk about the external application of the plant, then there is also a list of diseases in which this clover species can
Red clover in menopause
In female diseases, the benefits of red clover can also come in handy if there is a shortage of estrogen. During the menopause, the amount of this hormone is reduced, and the red clover has phytoestrogens - isoflavones and flavonoids. These substances act like a female hormone.