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 Sometimes you look at the meadow in the summer, and it too light, turns pink, exactly on it's still dormant dawn ...
Clover is a symbol of Ireland and St. Patrick's a fixture. According to legends, chetyrёhlistnik bring happiness to anyone who finds it.
Clover
Trifolium pratense L
- Herbaceous perennial plant of the legume family. Common names: red clover, dyatlina red clover.
At the core silnovetvisty clover root. Direct slightly pubescent stem up to 30-50cm in height. Leaves on long petioles, oblong-oval, trifoliate, at least of the four lobes. Dark red, small flowers at the ends of the stems collected in globular inflorescence head. Clover Blossoms in July - August.
It is a good honey plant. Bees 1 ha clover collect up to 200 kg of honey. Honey collected from a clover, is very sweet and has a beautiful reddish-yellow color. Fruits - small ovoid-seeded beans. Ripen in August - October.
Clover grows throughout Russia, usually in meadows, forest edges, roadsides and grassy slopes. Clover is cultivated, as it is a valuable fodder plant
 Besides that,
Clover has long been used for medicinal purposes
. Grass and clover flowers contain: vitamins B, C, carotene, coumarin, salicylic acid, resins, essential oils, alkaloids. For medicinal purposes clover blossoms are harvested by gently cutting knife with the upper leaves during full bloom.
Preparations of clover have antiseptic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, wound healing, expectorant, emollient, astringent and diuretic properties.
Traditional medicine uses it for colds, coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia, painful periods, urolithiasis, bronchial asthma, anemia, scrofula, gastritis, colitis, cholecystitis, diathesis, tinnitus, high-pressure, headache, dizziness and atherosclerosis.
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Infusion inflorescences clover
1 tbsp. a spoonful of minced raw pour 1 incomplete (to kaёmki) a glass of boiled water, 1 hour, drain, take ½ cup 3 times a day before meals.
Outwardly decoction of the flowers of clover used for burns, frostbite, ulcers, wound healing, felon, diseases of the ear and the eye.
Clover aerial parts are used for dyeing fabrics in green. Young fresh clover leaves are used in cooking, adding to salads, first dishes and sauces.
And of course,
Clover is used in the home cosmetics
. Masks and washing decoctions clover make the skin soft and velvety.
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Mask of the flowers and leaves of clover
Grind 4 and 6 leaves Flower clover, add 1 dessert spoon of honey and a good grind until smooth, put on your skin for 15 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature. The mask moisturizes the skin and smoothes fine wrinkles. The course of 15 masks a day or two.
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A decoction of the flowers of clover
removes puffiness around the eyes
1 teaspoon minced raw material to brew ½ cup water, leave for 20 minutes, cool, wet cotton balls and put on eyes for 20 minutes. Then wash the remaining broth and let it dry on the skin naturally.
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Mask for neck and neck
Take a handful of leaves and heads of clover, crank on the grinder, pour boiling water for 20 minutes so that the water barely covered the grass mass. Cool, laid between layers of gauze to put on his neck and face for 15-20 minutes. Wash with water at room temperature.
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Broth from clover dandruff
2 tbsp. tablespoons minced raw pour 1 cup water, leave for 2 hours in a thermos. Strain, rub into the scalp daily at night with light massaging movements.
Broth clover has beneficial effects on the skin of the entire body, if it is added to the bath for bathing.
From broth clover make ice for wiping the face in the morning instead of washing.
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