Red clover from cough with bronchitis

Red clover (stables or clover meadow) is a fairly common plant that can be found not only in the fields, but also in urban conditions (in plantings, parks, near cellars of apartment buildings, etc.). But seeing these amazing fluffy pink rounded flowers, few people think that a very unpretentious plant is actually very effective in bronchitis medication.

Pharmacodynamics

Clover is characterized by: anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, analgesic, expectorant and secretory effect. When coughing, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, the clover promotes an increase in the secretion of bronchial glands, liquefaction of sputum (mucolytic effect) and its easier expectoration. In doing so, it reduces edema and inflammation of the mucous membranes, and also promotes rapid tissue repair.

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Dosing and administration

To treat cough apply flowers, leaves and roots of the plant.

From the flowers of the plant prepare infusion and decoction. To infuse a glass of boiling water take 2 tablespoons. Crushed raw materials, for decoction - 1 tbsp. Take medication before meals.

Infusion: filled with boiling water flowers insist for an hour, after which filter and take 50 ml 4 times a day.

Decoction: the composition is brought to a boil and kept on fire for 1-2 minutes, after which it is set aside for another hour. Drink strained three times a day for 100 ml.

From the roots, you can prepare a decoction that has a healing effect in broncho-pulmonary diseases. 3 tablespoons dry crushed roots pour a glass of boiling water and stand the composition in a water bath for about half an hour. After the broth has cooled down, it is filtered and diluted with boiled water to a total volume of 200 ml. Take the medicine before meals. Multiplicity of admission - 4-6 times a day. Single dose - 1 tbsp.

To treat catarrhal diseases and restore strength after a serious illness, it is recommended to take fresh clover juice. For the preparation of juice use a meat grinder or blender. Crushed raw material is filtered through gauze. For a day in 3 reception you need to drink 1 glass of juice.

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Contraindications

Like other herbs, red clover will not be useful to everyone. It is not recommended for use in various recipes for patients with varicose and thrombophlebitis, severe cardiac pathologies, with exacerbation of chronic liver and kidney disease, after a stroke, with regular stool disorders, and hypersensitivity to the plant. Do not advise alternative medicine to use drugs from clover to pregnant women and oncological (estrogen dependent pathologies), because the herb is able to act like a hormone estrogen, which in these situations is fraught with complications.

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Side effects Red clover

Receiving recipes from clover can cause allergic reactions in the form of rashes and itching on the skin. Patients may complain of pain syndrome (migraine and muscle pain), nausea. It can provoke bleeding, so the grass is not recommended for use for 2 weeks before or after surgery.

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Interactions with other drugs

Alternative and pharmacy products from clover are not recommended to be taken simultaneously with estrogen hormone preparations, contraceptives based on ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel, hepatic drugs, anticoagulants, an oncological agent called " Tamoxifen." 

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Storage conditions

Flowers of clover should be harvested in the summer-autumn period, when the plant is actively blooming. It is necessary to tear down not only the flower heads themselves, but also the leaves that are adjacent to them. Roots are harvested in autumn, after the plant fades.

Dry the raw material in air or in a dryer at forty degrees, stirring occasionally until it is well attached. Clover flowers can be stored for no more than 2 years, but it is better to update the reserves annually. The root is well kept for 2-3 years.

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