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Misty L. Trepke

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Red Clover for Breast Cancer

 

Other Names: Meadow Honeysuckle, Meadow Trefoil, Purple Clover,

Trefoil, Wild Clover, Cleaver Grass, Marl Grass, Cow Grass

 

Habitat: (Trifolium pratense) Perennial herb, origin believed to be

Britain where it is abundant, now a world wide escape, naturalised

in nearly every country, even the Arctic Circle and high up into

mountains.

 

Cultivation: Red Clover is an easily grown plant, from seed or root

cuttings, requires little attention. The long root is rhizome, and

sends out runners, producing several stems 1 to 2 feet high,

slightly hairy; leaves ternate, leaflets ovate, slightly toothed,

ending in long point often lighter colored V shape in center,

flowers red to purple, fragrant, in dense terminal ovoid or round

heads. Blooming from April thought out the summer months. Harvest

flowers and dry for later herb use as it comes into bloom. Harvest

edible leaves for salad before flowers fully bloom.

 

Properties: Red Clover is edible and medicinal, the young leaves and

new flowers are harvested, and are used in salads, soups, or as a

pot herb. The sprouted seeds are edible in salads and have a crisp

texture and robust flavor. A delicate sweet and medicinal tea is

made from the fresh or dried flowers, it is alterative,

antiscrofulous, antispasmodic, aperient, detergent, diuretic,

expectorant, sedative and tonic. Red Clover has also shown

anticancer activity, poultices of the herb have been used as local

applications to cancerous growths. Internally, the Red Clover plant

is used as an alternative medicine for skin complaints such as

eczema and psoriasis, cancers of the breast, ovaries and lymphatic

system, chronic degenerative diseases, gout, whooping cough and dry

coughs. Red clover is now involved in research for a certain

medicinal alkaloid 'slaframine' which is often found in diseased

clover, this substance has shown antidiabetic and anti-AIDS activity.

 

Folklore: In the middle ages the clover was considered a charm warn

to ward off evil spirits and witches. The four leaf clover was said

to have even more power against evil, a five leaf clover was said to

be warn by witches to give them evil powers, and a two leaf clover

would give a maiden the power to see her future lover.

 

TRY THESE RECIPES

 

Medicinal tea: To 1 tbls. dry flowers or herb add 1 cup boiling

water, steep 10 min., sweeten to taste, drink warm for cough and

upset stomach.

 

Article by Deb Jackson & Karen Shelton

http://altnature.com/gallery/Red_Clover.htm

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