Dark chestnut clover
Dark chestnut clover is one of the plants of the family called legumes; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Trifolium spadiceum L.
As for the name of the dark chestnut clover family itself, in Latin it will be: Fabaceae Lindl.
Description of dark chestnut clover
Dark chestnut clover is an annual or biennial plant, endowed with simple or branched stems, which will also be pubescent at the top. The stipules of this plant are pointed and oblong-lanceolate. The lower leaves of dark chestnut clover are on petioles, the length of which reaches four centimeters. The upper leaves of this plant are endowed with shorter petioles, the leaves will be almost sessile and obovate, their length will be about twenty millimeters. The inflorescences of this plant are apical and multi-flowered; they are found one or two at the very ends of the stems. The length of such inflorescences reaches two centimeters; their shape can be either short-cylindrical or ovoid. The lower teeth of the dark chestnut clover calyx will be approximately three to four times larger than the upper ones, and the corolla length reaches six millimeters. At first, the corolla of this plant will be colored yellow and then dark brown. The fruit of this plant is a single-seeded bean.
Dark chestnut clover blooms throughout the summer. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the eastern Amur region of the Far East, in the European part of Russia, in Western Siberia and in the Daursky region of Eastern Siberia. For growth, the plant prefers forest lawns, light forests, wet and often even swampy meadows, places along mountain river valleys, ravines and mountain meadows up to the upper mountain zone.
Description of the medicinal properties of dark chestnut clover
Dark chestnut clover is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes the flowers, stems and leaves of dark chestnut clover. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of alkaloids, coumarin, cellulose, phenolcarboxylic melilotic acid, flavonoids and fatty oil in this plant.
As for traditional medicine, an infusion prepared from the herb of this plant is considered a fairly effective remedy. This infusion of dark chestnut clover herb should be used to combat headaches and dizziness. As for the external use of a decoction of the herb of this plant, it is recommended to use it for conjunctivitis.
For headaches and dizziness, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on dark chestnut clover: to prepare such a remedy, you will need to take ten grams of crushed dry herbs of this plant per glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be infused for two hours in a warm place, and then it is recommended to strain this mixture very carefully. Take the resulting remedy based on dark chestnut clover two to three times a day, one-fourth or one-third of a glass.
For conjunctivitis, it is recommended to wash your eyes with the following remedy: to prepare such a remedy, take two tablespoons of the herb of this plant per glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for three to four minutes, and then this mixture is filtered very carefully, after which this mixture based on dark chestnut clover is completely ready for use.
