Lupine Clover

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Lupine clover is one of the plants of a family called legumes, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Trifolium lupinaster. As for the name of the lupine clover family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Fabaceae Lindl.

Description of lupine clover

Lupine clover is a perennial herb that will fluctuate in height between fifteen and fifty centimeters. Such a plant will be endowed with simple erect stems, which are leafless in their lower part. The leaves of this plant will be palmate, while the lower leaves are trifoliate, the leaves will be lanceolate, their length can reach fifty millimeters, and along the edge such lupine clover leaves will be finely toothed. The flower heads of lupine clover are one-sided and umbellate, they are about one to six pieces on a common hairy peduncle. Such heads will be surrounded by a short membranous overall wrap. The calyx length of this plant will be about eight millimeters, it will be endowed with subulate teeth. The corolla of this plant is painted in lilac-purple tones, it can also be white, pink and yellow. The length of the corolla of lupine clover will be about seventeen centimeters. It should be noted that the flag will slightly exceed the boat and wings.

Lupine clover blooms in mid-summer. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the European part of Russia, the Arctic, Central Asia, the Far East, as well as in Western and Eastern Siberia. For growth, this plant prefers meadow steppes, light coniferous and small-leaved forests, forest edges, thickets of shrubs, river meadows and lawns of mixed forests.

Description of the medicinal properties of lupine clover

Lupine clover is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes flowers, leaves and stems of this plant.

The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of carotene, flavionoids, vitamins C and P in the composition of this plant. As for Tibestan medicine, a decoction prepared on the basis of the herb lupine clover is quite widespread. This broth is considered very effective when used for various diseases of the biliary tract and liver. An infusion prepared on the basis of lupine clover flowers is recommended for use in case of jaundice.

For cholecystitis, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a remedy, you will need to take about ten to twelve grams of chopped lupine clover herb per glass of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for three to four minutes, and then left to infuse for two hours, after which such a mixture is filtered very thoroughly. Take the resulting product based on lupine clover one third or one fourth of a glass three times a day after meals.

For jaundice, the following remedy based on lupine clover is effective: for the preparation of such a remedy, it is recommended to take one teaspoon of the flowers of this plant in one glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture is infused for one hour, and then carefully filtered. Take the resulting product based on lupine clover in half a glass before meals three times a day. To ensure the greatest efficiency, it is important to strictly observe both all the norms for taking such a drug, and all the rules for its preparation.