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Red clover

The cultivation and use of beneficial properties of red clover


Botanical characteristics of clover

Clover is a perennial plant with a well branched erect stems. A stalk of clover pubescent, growing to 50-60 cm in height. The leaves are clover-shaped. Flowering stems of plants, having trifoliate leaves, emerging from axils of basal leaves. Trifoliate leaves have a peculiarity: they are the night to fold and open only in the morning. Clover flowers pink or red, they are collected in inflorescence – heads. The fruit of the clover – Bob ovate with one seed inside. Clover flowering begins in may and lasts until September. The fruits ripen in late summer. Clover prefers to grow among bushes, on meadows and glades in the forests.


The cultivation of clover

Clover reproduces by seed, but for these purposes, a greater effect will bring purchased seeds. You need to sow seeds in a place which is cleared of weeds and dug up. If sowing seeds produced in early spring, after 7-10 days appear shoots. Clover needs very little time for the formation of the root system and development of stems with leaves. Until the second year of vegetation it is necessary to fill the soil to the foliage, thereby preventing the clover from weeds.

Clover is a hardy plant, so it is easy to grow. It needs regular watering and how to use organic nitrogen fertilizers. Since clover can quickly grow, periodically, you need to do thinning plants.


Useful properties of clover

The leaves and heads of clover contain vitamins of various groups, as well as carotene, minerals, and salicylic acid. In grass clover are flavonoids, which improve metabolism of fat in the treatment of atherosclerosis. Grass plants reduces the level of cholesterol. Clover enables the body to deal with oxygen starvation, strengthens the immune system, minimizes radiation and poisoning. In the heads of clover contain analogues of sex hormones women phytoestrogens.

Tea made from clover promotes the formation of milk, so drinking it lactating women. Due to the content in the plant salicylic acid it is used in sore throat, colds, diseases of the lungs. Clover has anti-inflammatory action, for this reason it is used in skin diseases and rheumatism.

The use of clover

src="/all/images/1357-0.jpg">Clover has long been used in folk medicine in the form of infusions, teas and decoctions. Herbal plants help with exhaustion, anemia, and they are also used as a diaphoretic or diuretic. A decoction of the roots of clover is recommended for hernia, tumors, and inflammation of the appendages. Leaves and flowers of the plant are preparing a decoction, which is used in headache, rickets, asthenia, anemia and dyspnea, in addition, he is an anti-cancer agent. Clover is used in pulmonary tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, bleeding, and heavy menstruation.

In the clover contains substances that help to reduce the noise in the ear, get rid of the symptoms the vertigo and decreasing blood and intracranial pressure.

Drugs based on clover is used not only inside but also externally: for example, infusion or decoction of flowers and roots of clover can be used as a means for rinse for gingivitis, sore throat and inflammation of the oral cavity and throat. Infusions of clover, you can make lotions and apply them for eye diseases and abscesses.

Clover tea for lactation. It is very easy to prepare. To do this, take 10 grams of heads of clover, and the same dry grass Hypericum. To this mixture add 20 grams currants and infuse the gathering with boiling water.

Tea made from clover to cleanse the blood. For its preparation you need to pour 5 clover inflorescences (dry) 250 ml boiling water, leave for quarter of an hour to infuse and drain. Next, add a teaspoon of honey and take 2 cups a day for one to two months.

A decoction of the roots of the clover. Take 10 grams of crushed roots of plants and fill them with 100 ml of boiling water. Putting on the fire, soak in a water bath for half an hour. After removing from water bath, filter composition, and brought to initial volume with boiled water. To take a decoction need to eating 5 times a day when there is inflammation of the ovaries or tumors.

Clover infusion for headache, anemia, and atherosclerosis. Take 1 tablespoon powder from the leaves and boiled water. Leaving in 40 minutes to brew, take 2 tablespoons three times a day before meals.


Contraindications to the use of clover

People with diarrhea, pain in the stomach, heart diseases should not take drugs from this medicinal plant. Pregnant women also should not drink a decoction of clover. Also doctors don't recommend treatment this plant people who suffer estrogenozawisimae form of cancer.