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Hop-like alfalfa is one of the plants of a family called legumes, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Medicago lupulina L. As for the name of the hop alfalfa family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Fabaceae Lindl. (Leguminosae Juss.).
Description of hop alfalfa
Alfalfa is an annual or biennial herb with a taproot that will penetrate the soil to a depth of forty centimeters. It is noteworthy that there are forms that can develop even for more than three years. The stems of this plant will be ascending or may be spread over the soil, their length will fluctuate between ten and fifty centimeters, such stems are densely leafy and branched. The leaves of the hop alfalfa are endowed with a short petiole; they are trifoliate. The leaves of this plant can be either almost rhombic or obovate, they are endowed with a wedge-shaped base and a notch, which is located at the very top. The inflorescences of hop alfalfa will be capitate and dense, as well as oblong-ovate, they will come out of the leaf axils. The flowers of hop alfalfa are rather small in size, they are endowed with a yellow corolla, the length of which is about one to three millimeters. The fruit of this plant is a kidney-shaped pod, its length is two to three millimeters, and its diameter is one millimeter. When ripe, such a fruit will be almost black in color, while the seeds are colored brown or yellow.
The flowering of this plant will last throughout the summer period. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in all regions of Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Belarus, Central Asia. For growth, this plant prefers meadow steppes, places among shrubs, meadows, and as a weed this plant can be found in the fields. It is noteworthy that in the mountains hop alfalfa can rise to a height of two and a half thousand meters above sea level.
Description of the medicinal properties of hop alfalfa
Hop-like alfalfa is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. It is recommended to harvest such raw materials throughout the entire flowering period of this plant.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of hop-like saponins, tannins, estrogenic substances and calcium salts in the composition of the aerial part of alfalfa. The leaves of this plant contain carotene, vitamin D and ascorbic acid.
The herb of this plant is used in Tibetan medicine and medicine in Transbaikalia as an emollient, wound healing and hemostatic agent. It is recommended to sprinkle cuts and bleeding wounds with dry herb powder from this plant.
As for the traditional medicine of Belarus, a decoction based on this plant is quite widespread here. Such a decoction of hop alfalfa is used for Trichomonas colpitis for douching. The herb extract of this plant is endowed with a very effective hemostatic effect and will accelerate blood clotting due to the fact that there will be an increase in the content of prothrombin in it.
In the Caucasus, powdered dried herb of alfalfa hop is used: such a remedy is used as a wound healing and hemostatic agent, in particular for cuts. It should be noted that such a tool is very effective when used correctly.
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Hop
Hops (lat.Humulus) - genus of flowering climbing plants from the family Cannabis (Latin Cannabaceae) … Until the second half of the 20th century, this genus of plants was listed in the family Mulberry (lat.Mraceae) … Apparently, botanists found some kind of external signs corresponding to the plants of this family.
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Harmful Alfalfa Bug
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