Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.12-05-2020

Yellow sweetclover

Plant

English

Yellow sweetclover, Common melilot, Corn melilot, Hay flower, King's clover, Melilot, Melilotus officinalis, Ribbed melilot, Ribbed meliot, Sweetclover, Yellow clover, Yellow melilot

Latin

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam., Melilotus arvensis Wallr., Melilotus diffusus W.D.J.Koch ex DC., Melilotus petitpierreanus Willd., Trifolium officinale L., Trifolium petitpierreanum Hayne., Melilotus arvensis, Melilotus petitpierreanus, Melilotus petitpierreanus et diffusa Koch., Trifolium melilotus officinalis L., Trifolium officinale, Melilotus officinalis Willd., Melilotus diffusa Koch ex DC.

Plantparts

Dried flowers, Flower, Flowering herb, foliage, Fresh flower, Grass, Leaf, Plant, Plant stem, Sap from flower stalk, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abscess, Abscesses, Aching joint, Aching joints, Anti-abscess, Anti-arteriosclerotic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-atherosclerotic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Arteriosclerosis, Arteriosclerotic vascular disease, Arthralgia, Assist healing of wounds, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, baktericidal, Blood clot, Blood Clots, boils, Bruise, Bruises, Calmative, Calming of nerves, Carminative, Carminativum, Cataplasm, Clears gas, clotting of blood vessels, compress, Contusion, contusions, convulsive state, cough, Coughing, Coughs, cramp, cramps, Cutaneous conditions, dermatological, dermatological complaints, Dermatosis, disease of the eye, Disinfectant, Diuretic, ecchymosis, embolism, embolus, emollient, Emollient poultice, Emollients, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Eye complaints, Eye disease, eye diseases, Fart, festing wounds, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, fomentation, Gas, Haemorrhoids, Hardening of the arteries, hardning of the arteries, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, Hemorrhoid, Hemorrhoids, infected sores, Infected Sores and Wounds, infected wounds, inflammed veins, injuries, injury, intestinal gas, joint pain, joints pain, Moisturizers, Mucolytic agent, ophthalmic disease, Ophthalmic problems, opthalmic disease, Painfull joints, pain in the joints, phlebitis, Piles, plaster, poultice, promotes healing of wounds, relaxes the nervous system, relax spasms, respiratory catarrh, Rheumatic arthritis, running sore, sedative, septic wounds, skin disease, skin diseases, skin disorders, skin problems in general, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, sores, spasm, Spasmolytic, Sprain, Sprains, suppurating wound, thrombosis, Torn ligament, tracheitis, trancheal catarrh, Tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, Traumatic injury, Used as an antiseptic, Used in the treatment of cough, varicose veins, varicose vessel, varix, vascular disorder, vascular disorders, Venitis, Venous trophorestorative, Vulnerary, wind, Wound, wound care, wound festering, Wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds, Wounds healing, wound treatment

Women's diseases

Galactocele

Homoeopathically uses

headache, migraine, nose-bleeds

Warnings

do not self-administer, Poisonous to cattle, Poisonous to horses, Poisonous to sheep

Foods

Aromatic, Condiment, culinary, culinary herb, Flavor, flavouring, scent smoking tobacco, Spice, spice in aquavit, Tobacco Substitute

Other uses

Soil conditioner, soil improvement

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Cyprus

Ingredients

 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid, anti-coagulant properties, Aromaticity, benzoic acid, bitter extractive substance, caffeic acid, choline, Coumaric-Acid, coumarin, coumarin glycosides, Dicoumarol, diosgenin, essential oil, fat, Ferulic acid, Flavin, flavonoid, gallic acid, Gentisic acid, Kaempferol, Melilotic Acid, melilotin, Melilotol, Melilotuside, mucilage, O-Coumaric acid, Oleanolic acid, P-Coumaric acid, protein, Protocatechuic acid, Quercetin, resin, salicylic acid, Salt, sapogenin, saponin, sinapinic acid, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, Vanillic acid

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0133

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