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Melilotus officinalis
Yellow
Sweet Clover | Common Melilot
LEGUMINOSAE
This
beautiful, bashful little herb, is strictly a biennial but
is often an annual in the Australian climate. It's leaf
shape declares it as a clover but it's flower arrangement
and scent set it well apart. It has a very distinctive honey
scent, even when dried.
The bees
love it and so do we. As a venous tonic we find it better
than most herbs and use it for varicose veins, but it has a
pleasant sedative effect especially when headaches or muscle
stress are a problem.
As a
tincture, the seeds are an effective antibiotic. Probably
not as efficient as Coptis but much more accessible.
The only
risk involved with the herb, to our knowledge, is that it
may interfere with medications if anticoagulants are being
used.
Packet of 25+ seeds $3.50
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