On wastelands, roadsides, forest edges, meadows and in ravines, you can find unpretentious and completely inconspicuous plant, which, nevertheless, is highly valued by phytotherapeutists. This burkun or sweet clover - medicinal properties and contra-indications of grass are recognized even by official medicine, therefore it is harvested in large quantities from June to mid-September, during the active flowering period.
There are several varieties of plants, but only two types are necessary characteristics.
Therapeutic properties and contraindications of the herb sweet yellow
This type of burkuna has the greatest application in folk and conservative medicine. It is the yellow or medicinal clover that has a rich chemical composition, which includes the following ingredients:
- essential oils;
- coumarins;
- melilothin;
- mucus;
- coumaric acid;
- flavonoids;
- proteins;
- coumarigen;
- fat-like and tanning substances;
- choline;
- Purine derivatives;
- cymarin;
- ascorbic acid;
- Sahara;
- tocopherol;
- carotene and others.
It has been clinically established that kumarin from Burkuna herb produces a pronounced anticonvulsant effect due to the ability to inhibit the corresponding centers in the nervous system. In addition, funds based on yellow clover have such beneficial effects:
- expectorant;
- hypotensive;
- anti-inflammatory;
- anticoagulant;
- fibrinolytic;
- carminative;
- antiseptic;
- emollient;
- diaphoretic;
- soothing;
- wound healing;
- pain reliever;
- expectorant.
When using burkun it is important not to forget that it is poisonous, so it is better to take the clover not in its pure form, but in the composition of fees. Also it is worth paying attention to the contra-indications available to him:
- hemorrhagic diathesis ;
- internal bleeding;
- kidney disease;
- poor blood clotting .
Therapeutic properties of the medicinal clover for women and contraindications
One of the alternative names for yellow burkuna is the female donkey. This is explained by the large number of positive effects that the presented plant has on the reproductive organs.
Preparations based on this herb perfectly help to cope with menstrual cycle disorders, both hormonal and inflammatory-infectious origin.
Also, medicinal burkun facilitates the course of the climacteric period. Broths or infusions with this plant help to alleviate symptoms of menopause, eliminate hot flushes and pain, stabilize the emotional state. Reception of such means even serves as a soft hormone replacement therapy.
It is worth noting that pregnant women are strictly forbidden to use yellow burkuna. This can provoke internal bleeding and loss of the fetus.
Therapeutic properties and contraindications of the white clover
The described variety of grass has less healing qualities, but it is also widely used in folk medicine. White burkun produces an obvious hypotensive, anticonvulsant and anticoagulant effect. Less pronounced positive effects:
- hypotensive;
- sedative;
- diaphoretic;
- anesthetic;
- carminative;
- bactericidal.
Useful properties of white clover and its contraindications are identical to the characteristics of yellow burkuna. Simply considered the type of plant is less effective and slower achievement of the therapeutic result. But the toxicity of both types of grass is the same, so the white clover can likewise not be taken during pregnancy, hemopoiesis disorders and kidney diseases.