Donnik - general description
Melilotus is a plant that is actively used both in official and in folk medicine, it is very unpretentious and grows almost everywhere, except for the northern territories.
Melilot has many other names - Donets, wild hops, harp, wild buckwheat, hare chill, godson, burkun, stable, sticky, shamrock. The plant has branched stems on which medium-sized panicles of yellow flowers are located.
Clover blooms from June to September, ripened fruits (beans) can be harvested from July to October.
Donnik - types and places of growth
There are two varieties of clover, which are used in official and traditional medicine - medicinal and white. Externally, two types of plants can be easily distinguished from each other. Medicinal clover has large yellow flowers, white - small snow-white, both varieties have a pronounced pleasant smell. The plant prefers arid meadows and ravines, quite often it can be found as weed grass in cultivated fields or along roads and railways.
Donnik - medicinal properties
People’s healers for many centuries used clover in the treatment of various diseases. The plant has a wide range of effects on the human body. Decoctions, ointments and other finished medicines created at home based on sweet clover are used as painkillers, wounds healing, expectorant and anticonvulsants.
With the help of sweet clover, you can get rid of headaches, manifestations of colds, the plant helps with asthma, problems with the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract, kidney dysfunction and diseases of the genitourinary system.
There is an opinion that due to the preparations created on the basis of sweet clover, the amount of milk in nursing mothers increases, while the use of the drug does not affect the quality of the product, the child has a positive attitude to breastfeeding.
The composition of the clover includes a component that is able to increase the level of leukocytes in the blood; it is recommended for patients with radiation sickness.
Often, the plant is used as an external agent, it is applied to abscesses and boils, thus softening the skin, abscesses and ulcers “breaks through” and problem areas heal quickly.
Donnik - dosage forms
For medical purposes, use leaves, thin stems and flowers (tops) of clover. Harvested clover during flowering, drying in darkened, but well-ventilated areas. After the drying process is completed, the leaves and stems are separated and stored separately (allowable shelf life is 2 years).
Donnik - recipes
Sweet clover is often used in folk medicine, it is used as infusions, ointments, tea and even spices. Often used for medicinal purposes, clover honey.
Sweet clover infusion
1 teaspoon of sweet clover grass, pour 1 cup boiling water, insist for 30 minutes, strain, use warmly after eating, по cup 3 times a day.
Clover ointment
1 tablespoon of clover grass pour ½ cup ghee duck fat, bring to a boil and let it brew.
Melilot honey
Quite often you can find whole plantations of clover, they are planted by beekeepers to get valuable medicinal honey that can cure colds and increase immunity.
Melilot - contraindications and side effects
The use of sweet clover is strictly contraindicated in pregnant women and people with reduced blood coagulation. Undesirable for people with kidney disease.
An overdose leads to headaches, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness and dizziness, in rare cases hemorrhage, central nervous system paralysis and liver damage can occur.
Comments
6 grams of crushed clover leaves and flowers, pour 180 ml of boiling water, insist on a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool for 45 minutes, filter, bring to the desired volume with water, annealing the residue, take 2 tablespoons 2-3 times a day after meal.
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