Effect:
diuretic, emollient, sleep-inducing, blood-thinning, anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving
Areas of application:
Expand the blood vessels, blood circulation, varicose veins, thrombosis, cramps in the calves, lymph gland diseases, shortens the phase of falling asleep, calms after a nerve-wracking day, eye inflammation, middle ear inflammation, purulent wounds, gland and joint swelling, swollen tonsils and lymph nodes, hardened Mammary glands, red veins (couperose), ulcers, boils, swollen glands, bumps, tooth ulcers, headaches, inflamed and swollen limbs,
Plant parts used:
upper parts of the flowering herb
Collection time:
June to August
To find:
Rarely found. It grows on railway embankments, on gravel areas and sometimes on roadsides.
Ingredients:
Coumarin, melilotic acid, tannins, mucus, flavonoids
Other:
Tea: 2 teaspoons of the chopped fresh or dried plant are brewed with ¼ liter of boiling water and allowed to steep for about 10 minutes. You drink 2 to 3 cups a day.
Must not be taken with blood-thinning tablets. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist to be on the safe side. The coumarin should be consumed in moderation, it is poisonous in high doses.
The Celts considered it a sacred and venerable magical plant. For them it was a symbol of life force and therefore one of the indispensable herbs in the Druids' magic cauldron.
When dried, sweet clover can be used as a moth remedy. It's good for the soul. That's why you hang a freshly filled linen bag in the cupboards every year and leave the tufts hanging freely in the rooms so that well-being can reach your heart through your nose.
You can mix sweet clover with many other herbs, for example with violets or cowslips for good sleep, with mallow or eyebright for the eyes, with figwort or marigold for the lymph glands.
If you want to make a herbal pillow, you can make one yourself using dried sweet clover powder and equal parts marshmallow, mallow leaves, chamomile and linseed. The herbal pillow is either warmed up and placed on it, or brewed with hot water. You can use this to better apply it to bumps and tooth ulcers.
Sweet clover is a calcium smuggler plant.
Hildegard von Bingen: The expressed juice of sweet clover flowers, dripped warm into the ears, takes away the pain. Mixed with vinegar and rose oil and beaten, it alleviates the headache.