Red Clover Benefits

Red clover benefits come in different respects besides the known one for women’s health. So what is red clover? Actually as a kind of legumes perennial herb, Trifolium pratense was only used for a kind of good feed and forage in the beginning. Later more and more benefits of red clover were discovered. Especially it is a few plants that contain four kinds of soy isoflavones or phytoestrogens along with dong quai, black cohosh, and chasteberry and so on. Here are the main benefits we would like to analyze them briefly as below.

Red clover herb on selective antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects

The essence of red clover flower and leaf can inhibit the vitro paramecia, which means that 0.2% alcohol red clover infusion can stop the activities of Paramecium within 30 minutes. Its daidzein works similarly to papaver somniferum, which can relieve smooth muscle spasm. In addition, both of its daidzein and daidzin can bring relief to headache and other symptoms in patients due to high blood pressure.

Therefore, red clover blossoms are frequently used as antimalarial. Besides that, it is used to eliminate phlegm, relieve cramps, and cure whooping cough and bronchitis too. In addition, the pollen of red clover blossom has an antibacterial effect to some certain types of gram-negative bacteria, which can be used to treat some kinds of skin diseases such as eczema, burns, ulcers and psoriasis.

Red clover benefits of phytoestrogen

They are quite similar to dong quai benefits because all of genistein, biochanin A and B and daidzein can work similarly as estrogen. The reason behind that may be connected to their similar structures with diethylstilbestrol and estradiol but their activity is only 1 in 100 thousand of diethylstilbestrol and from 1 in 20 thousand to 1 in 50 thousand of estradiol by weight.

As a kind of phytoestrogen, red clover herbs are so unique. Firstly, they can be distributed and play the role to almost every cell of the body, which the body’s own hormones fail to do. Secondly, they do bi-directional regulations to the level of hormones. When high estrogen levels are found in the body, they would inhibit hormone secretion because they can combine with the estrogen receptor, which thereby prevents the combination between the body’s own hormones. On the contrary, if the body’s estrogen level is low, phytoestrogens can mimic and provide additional estrogen. That is also the reason why they are used frequently as hormone replacement therapy (HRT), fertility herbs, menopause herbs, hot flushes herbs, and erectile dysfunction herbs and so on.

Therefore, red clover extract is used not only for PMS due to high estrogen levels but also menopause symptoms due to low estrogen levels. In addition, it can be used to treat diseases like estrogen uterine fibroids, endometriosis and osteoporosis as well.

Red clover tea benefits of anti-cancer effects

As previously stated, it contains high concentration of soy isoflavones and other flavonoids, which is considered as one of potential anti-cancer substances. In 1996, genistein chemopreventive agent was listed in cancer clinical development program by National Cancer Center, the main purpose of which was to prevent prostate cancer and breast cancer. The reason behind is that the breast cancer patients tend to have high plasma estrogen, to which plant estrogens have antagonistic effect. Thereby it can inhibit the development of the breast cancer.

According to the recent research result done by Queen Elizabeth II Medical Center in Western Australia, the consumption of large amounts of red clover supplements can help greatly reduce the risk of suffering from breast cancer. In addition, it also has excellent therapeutic effect on colon cancer. Experiments show that flavonoids are strong antioxidants, which is a such strong free radical scavenger that it is with anti-cancer effect.

Please be careful before using it because red clover side effects are there just like dong quai side effects

As for where to buy red clover, it is so easy to be found in most drug stores nowadays. In fact, it has been made into a variety of different forms in order to be consumed conveniently. These forms include red clover tablets, tincture, tea, supplement, infusion, and extract and so on. You can choose the right one for yourself according to your own condition. However, if possible please consult your doctors for their professional opinions if you would like to take it no matter it is used for any purposes. Mind you, the priority for you is to take advantage its benefits while preventing the side effects since both the red clover benefits and side effects are there.