Red Clover - Trifolium tincture

Trifolium pratense

Red Clover

Family: leguminosae
 
Part used: flowering tops
 
Constituents: flavenoids, isoflavones, resins, coumarins, minerals, vitamins, volatile oil, phenolic glycosides, sterols
 
Actions: Alterative, depurative, expectorant, sedative, antispasmodic, deobstruent, antineoplastic, anti-inflammatory. Mild stimulating and relaxing alterative with affinity for throat and salivary glands (Priest)
 
Systems affected: Blood, liver, heart, lungs
 
Used for: Toxic conditions such as skin disease, cancers such as breast and ovarian (hardswellings) (Simon Mills A-Z)
 
Childhood skins problems - eczema, chronic skins conditions - psoriasis. Coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough (David Hoffman)
 
Mouth ulcers, sore throat, scrofula, old sores that refuse to heal. Promotes healthy granulation. Reputation for cleansing the lymphatic vessels through which cancer is believed to spread. Cough and night sweats of tuberculosis (Thomas Bartram)
 
Cancer and tumours (beta-sitosterol inhibits growth of tumours and reduces cholesterol), fevers, coughs and cold. Caumarins tend to have mild blood thinning properties useful for chronic, degenerative complaints. Skin complaints, eruptions, mucous congestion (Michael Tierra)
 
Isoflavones are oestrogenic in animals (Potters Herbal)
 
Isoflavones can halve the incidence and severity of hot flushes during the menopause ... Supports cardiovascular health and general well being (Henry Halford)
 
Deep cleansing remedy for chronic conditions such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Heavy and painful periods
 
Mostly used in bronchial and throat conditions, spasmodic and 'croupy' coughs, especially whooping cough. Coryza, chills, hayfever, respiratory infections. Improves appetite, regulates salivary secretion (International Register of Consultant Herbalists)
 
Arthritis, gout, lung inflammations, blood and lymph cleanser (Druid Herbal)

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