What are the medicinal values ​​of clover?

Clover may be a kind of medicinal material that most people don’t know about. It is a very traditional Chinese medicinal material for Chinese medicine practitioners. The medicinal value of clover is very rich. In addition to regulating the body, it also has a wide range of effects on nourishing the body. Clover has rich medicinal value and can treat gastrointestinal diseases and body organ diseases. So what is the medicinal value of clover? »

[Pharmacological action] It has antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus, but ineffective against Escherichia coli. This plant is said to be toxic to sheep. Another plant of the same genus, Oxalis, can damage the kidneys of livestock and significantly increase the non-protein nitrogen content in the blood. 【Nature and flavor】Sour, cold.

① "Tang Materia Medica": sour, cold, non-toxic.

② "Lu Canyan Materia Medica": sour taste, slightly poisonous.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": It is cold in nature, sour and slightly astringent in taste. [meridians] Depei Materia Medica: enters Yangming and Taiyang meridians. [Functions and indications - The effects of Oxalis Sorrel] Clears away heat and dampness, cools blood and disperses blood stasis, reduces swelling and detoxifies. It is used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, measles, hematemesis, epistaxis, sore throat, furuncle, carbuncle, scabies, hemorrhoids, prolapse of the anus, traumatic injury, and burns.

① "Tang Materia Medica": It is used to treat malignant sores, lameness, fistulas, and can kill small insects by applying it on the affected area. Eating it can relieve heat and thirst.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": For treating blood clots in women, wash and grind it finely, then mix it with warm wine and drink it.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": Treats chronic diarrhea and loose bowels, chronic dysentery with red and white stools, and decocts with sugar.

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": It is used to treat all kinds of stranguria, leucorrhea, and can be used with Diqian and Dilong to treat stranguria caused by sand and stone; it can be boiled into a decoction to wash hemorrhoid pain and prolapse of the anus; it can be mashed and applied as a decoction to treat injuries caused by fire, snakes, and scorpions.

⑤ "Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs" says: It can kill louse and relieve pain, dissipate heat and reduce swelling, treat bruises and sprains, disperse blood stasis, and be taken with wine; it can also stop itching by drying water.

⑥ "Medical Collection": Nourishes the lungs and drains the liver, removes heat, removes blood stasis, and consolidates yin.

⑦ "Classification of Herbal Properties": Used to stop malaria and plug the nose; stir-fry with wine and apply to fish mouth.

⑧ "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan": Treats measles, snake venom, and scabies.

⑨ "Luchuan Materia Medica": Reduces swelling, relieves pain, and removes dead flesh. Treat sores, carbuncles and ulcers.

⑩ "Guiyang Folk Herbs": clears heat, promotes diuresis, and sets bones. Treat urinary congestion and jaundice. ⑾ "Illustrated Guide to Chinese Medicinal Plants": Mix with brown sugar and boil it for oral administration to treat pulmonary edema (early stage of filariasis). !

What should be added to clover? First of all, clover itself has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, especially for bruises or bone injuries. Clover can be decocted and used to treat jaundice, prolapse and hemorrhoids, and it has a very good effect. It can also kill fungi for skin diseases such as urticaria and rashes.