The use of herbs and decoctions of them was considered the first therapeutic agent long before the appearance of the first medicines. Almost every disease can be alleviated or even cured with the help of properly selected and brewed herbs. What ailments clover plow will help to cope with and what is its special strength, it is worth to learn more.
How to find clover?
Among the riot of meadow grasses, it is not difficult to find a therapeutic arable clover. Plant height does not exceed 20-25 centimeters. It has the characteristic appearance of inflorescences: white or light red fluffy balls or ellipses. Thanks to this unusual kind of flowers, clover plow got its folk names: cat clover or cats.
It is easiest to find it in the forest or at the place of the cut down forest. Clover begins to bloom in June and does not stop until the beginning of October. It is during this period that you need to search and harvest this medicinal plant for the preparation of decoctions and teas. It will not be difficult for anyone to find plowed clover. The photo below will help you not to make a mistake and prepare the right plant.
What is its healing power?
Clover flowers and stems are widely used in medicine. This is explained by the fact that the plant is rich in useful substances, the properties of which are indispensable for various diseases.
The greatest value in the therapeutic effect of plowed clover are its components:
- essential oils;
- Vitamin E
- vitamin C;
- resins;
- substances with tanning properties.
Such a composition provides a pronounced astringent effect, as well as an anti-inflammatory effect, which makes it possible to widely use plowed clover in medicine. The use of this plant provides a reduction in pain, a diuretic effect, and also reduces blood sugar. Such a wide spectrum of action allows the use of clover decoction for various diseases.
What diseases does clover help?
Due to the pronounced astringent effect that tannins in the plant provide, plowed clover is a very effective remedy for diarrhea of any etiology. A decoction of clover is prescribed for both adults and children, due to the fact that the plant does not have pronounced side effects, unlike most traditional medical fixing drugs.
The anti-inflammatory effect of the plant allows its use in any painful conditions of the digestive system. At the same time, clover will not only have a therapeutic effect on the stomach and intestines, but will also positively affect the nature of the stool.
Clover broth is also prescribed for allergic dermatitis - it normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract and promotes the removal of toxins. As a result, the skin is significantly cleansed and bothers the patient less.
Patients with diabetes mellitus are also shown clovers plowed as an additional or preventive therapy, but under the strict supervision of the attending physician.
How to prepare?
In order to make healing decoctions of clover at home, you can buy a ready-made box of herbs in a pharmacy, or you can prepare it yourself.
You need to collect the plant during its flowering period. For medicinal purposes, flowers, as well as clover stems, are suitable. When cutting, you need to look so that the plant is healthy, not damaged by diseases or pests.
Having cut the required amount of clover, it needs to be dried. To do this, the plants are laid out on a dry, clean surface, without direct sunlight and with good blowing with fresh warm air. Periodically, the clover needs to be turned over so that all the flowers and stems are evenly dried, and also to prevent the plants from rotting. If there is no suitable drying area, you can use the automatic fruit dryer.
Evidence that the clover is completely dried will be its fragility and brittleness. Dry plants need to be crushed and folded into a glass or clay container, tightly closed with a lid and put in a darkened place, for example, in a cabinet or in a pantry.
Cooking a healing broth
It is not difficult to prepare a therapeutic agent that can be used both inside as tea or as external lotions, having a pre-prepared clover plowed. The description of the recipe looks like this:
- Pour 2 tablespoons of the crushed dried plant into an enameled or stainless bowl (bowl);
- pour clover with a glass of clean cold water;
- put on the stove in a pot with boiling water and in a water bath bring the broth from the grass to a boil;
- simmer for 3 minutes;
- turn off the fire and let the broth brew for 5-10 minutes.
- strain the ready-made herbal infusion through a sieve or cheesecloth.
Therapeutic decoction of plowed clover is ready for use. It must be used in freshly prepared form, the shelf life of the broth is no more than 12 hours at room temperature.
Knowing the beneficial properties of medicinal herbs is invaluable. After all, such information allows you not to take medicine again and minimize the load on the liver. But abuse herbal infusions is also not worth it: a rash intake of medicinal herbs can not only not be beneficial, but also cause damage to health.