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  1. Photos, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
  2. Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
  3. Botanical description, reference data, useful information, illustrations
  4. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology
  5. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Melilotus officinalis Melilotus officinalis

Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Sort by: Sweet clover (Melilotus)

Family: Legumes (Fabaceae)

Origin: The genus Donnik includes more than 20 species originating from Eurasia and North America.

Area: Sweet clover is found in Eurasia and North America, including countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Canada, the USA, etc.

Chemical composition: Sweet clover contains coumarin (including melitoside and coumarin glycosides), which have anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory properties. Also contains flavonoids and essential oils.

Economic value: Melilot officinalis is used in medicine as a means of improving blood circulation, which has anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous and antimicrobial effects. Sweet clover is also used as a fodder plant for livestock and bees, as well as for the production of honey.

Legends, myths, symbolism: In some cultures sweet clover is associated with spiritual growth and enlightenment, as it contains valuable phytochemicals that can promote health and well-being. In Chinese culture, sweet clover is considered a symbol of good luck and longevity, and in Russian folk medicine it has been used to treat heart disease and other ailments. Sweet clover can also be used as a symbol of reliability and stability, as its use is associated with promoting health and strengthening immunity. In addition, sweet clover can be used as a symbol of purity and well-being, as its leaves have a bright green color and are associated with vitality. In general, sweet clover can be used as a symbol of spiritual growth, good luck, longevity, reliability, stability, purity, and prosperity.

 


 

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis. Description, illustrations of the plant

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis. Description of the plant, area, cultivation, application

Melilotus officinalis

It grows everywhere in wastelands, along roads, in weedy places, in fields.

A biennial herbaceous plant 50-100 cm high. The stem is branched, straight, the leaves are long-petiolate with spiny stipules.

Blooms in June - September. The flowers are yellow, small, collected in long, axillary racemes of 30-70 flowers. Fruits - small beans, wrinkled, with 1-2 seeds, ripen in July-September.

Sweet clover grass contains organic acids, essential oil, tannins, vitamins C, E, carotene, purine derivatives, fat-like substances, protein, starch, phytoncides. Dicoumarin, which prevents blood clotting, fatty oil, protein, starch, was found in the seeds, and essential oil with coumarin was found in the flowers. When dried, coumarin lactone is formed in the grass - an odorous substance with the smell of fresh hay.

Good honey plant.

For economic purposes, sweet clover is widely used in the perfume industry for flavoring soaps, pastes, lipsticks, etc., in the alcoholic beverage industry - in the manufacture of wines, liqueurs, tinctures, as well as to give a pleasant smell to snuff, shag. The grass is placed in woolen and fur products to protect against moths.

In nutrition, fresh young leaves of sweet clover are used. Salads, soups, okroshka, side dishes for meat and fish dishes are prepared from them. Seasonings are made from dried leaves for the first, second courses, gravies.

Daily dose of fresh leaves - 20 g, dried - 5 g, powder - 5 g.

It should be remembered that in case of an overdose of sweet clover, poisoning may occur.

Powder from sweet clover. Grind the dried leaves and inflorescences of sweet clover in a coffee grinder or ceiling in a mortar, sift through a sieve. Use as a spice for first and second courses, appetizers, sauces, drinks.

Salad with sweet clover. Cut the young leaves of sweet clover, add chopped fresh cucumbers, green onions, hard-boiled egg, salt, mix. Season with sour cream, or mayonnaise, or vegetable oil. 20 g of sweet clover leaves, 25 g of green onions, 50 g of fresh cucumbers, 1 egg, 25 g of sour cream (or mayonnaise, or vegetable oil), salt.

Shchi with sweet clover. Boil chopped potatoes, carrots, onions in salted meat broth or water. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped leaves of sweet clover, sorrel, season with browned onions, tomato sauce. Before serving, put slices of hard-boiled eggs, sour cream, sprinkle with dill and parsley in plates. 500 ml of broth, 20 g of sweet clover leaves, 100 g of sorrel, 40 g of carrots, 80 g of potatoes, 25 g of onions, 50 g of tomato sauce, 25 g of sour cream, 1 egg, salt, dill and parsley.

Okroshka with sweet clover. In bread kvass put slices of boiled beef, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, fresh cucumbers, crushed sweet clover leaves mashed with salt and mustard and onions, sugar. Fill with sour cream. 500 ml kvass, 70 g boiled beef, 50 g fresh cucumbers, 20 g sweet clover leaves, 25 g green onions, 1 egg, 50 g boiled potatoes, 25 g sour cream, salt, mustard, sugar to taste.

Belorussian meatballs with sweet clover. Add chopped sweet clover leaves, onion, egg, ground black pepper, salt to the ground beef and mix thoroughly. Form meatballs from the mass, bread them in breadcrumbs and fry on melted or vegetable mother. 250 g minced beef, 20 g onion, 20 g sweet clover leaves, 1 egg, 25 g melted or vegetable oil, 15 g breadcrumbs, salt, pepper to taste.

Meat stewed with sweet clover. Fry the pieces of meat, transfer to the ducklings, add chopped onions, grated carrots, chopped potatoes, sweet clover leaves, bay leaf, pepper, dill seeds, pour water to cover the surface of the meat, and simmer over low heat until tender. 250 g of meat, 50 g of fat, 50 g of carrots, 50 g of onions, 200 g of potatoes, 20 g of leaves or 5 g of sweet clover powder, spices to taste.

Sweet clover can be added to compotes and jelly made from any fruits and berries. Leaves and inflorescences or sweet clover powder put in a gauze bag, dip it in compote and cook. Remove the bag at the end of cooking. For 1 serving of compote - 15 g of sweet clover leaves or 5 g of powder.

Drink with sweet clover. Put leaves and inflorescences of sweet clover, sugar, juice of cranberries or other berries into boiling water, bring to a boil and cool. 1 liter of water, 10 g of sweet clover leaves and inflorescences, sugar to taste, 75-100 ml of cranberry juice.

Fresh and dried leaves and inflorescences of sweet clover are added to food at 25 g per day and at any time of the year.

Melilotus officinalis

In folk medicine, grass, flowers, leaves of sweet clover are used. They have an analgesic, sedative, anticonvulsant, carminative, wound-healing effect.

You can use the plant only as prescribed by a doctor, in compliance with the rules for admission, the indicated doses and the duration of treatment. In case of an overdose, headaches, nausea, and vomiting may occur. In such cases, taking medicines from sweet clover should be stopped and urgently consult a doctor.

Infusion of sweet clover herb. Infuse 15-20 g of herbs in 250 ml of chilled boiled water for 4 hours in a closed jar. Take 100 ml 3 times a day for insomnia, headache, chronic bronchitis, hypertension, nervous disorders, heavy menstruation.

Infusion of sweet clover herb. Steep 30-40 g of herbs in 200 ml of boiling water in a warm place for 30 minutes. Apply for compresses, lotions, baths for rheumatism, pustular skin lesions, furunculosis.

A decoction of sweet clover grass. Boil 10 g of herbs in 200 ml of water for 30 minutes, then strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for bronchitis, acute respiratory diseases, diseases of the kidneys, liver, insomnia.

Ointment from fresh sweet clover flowers. Thoroughly grind 50-60 g of fresh flowers with three tablespoons of fresh butter.

Lubricate boils, carbuncles to accelerate their maturation.

Crushed leaves are applied to festering wounds, ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

Sweet clover is part of the breast emollient, laxative collections.

Contraindications: pregnancy, internal bleeding, decreased blood clotting.

The leafy tops of the sweet clover and side shoots are harvested during flowering, from July to September.

The grass is laid out in a thin layer or tied into bundles, hung from the ceiling, on the walls in a draft. After drying, they are threshed and sifted through a sieve.

Dried raw materials of strong odor, salty-bitter taste. Stored in paper, in tightly sealed cans, boxes or glass containers.

Shelf life of grass - up to 2 years.

Authors: Alekseychik N.I., Vasanko V.A.

 


 

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis. Botanical description of the plant, areas of growth and ecology, economic importance, applications

Melilotus officinalis

A biennial herbaceous plant of the moth family.

The stem of the sweet clover is erect, branched, usually smooth, up to 2 m high. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate, petiolate, serrated along the edges.

Yellow or white small flowers are collected in a multi-flowered elongated axillary brush up to 15 cm long. The fruit is a transversely wrinkled, brownish, one-two-seeded bean.

The rhizome is powerful, penetrates to a depth of 2 m.

Spicy aromatic properties of sweet clover, unlike other spicy plants, are determined not by essential oils, but by the content of a complex of other substances. The smell of this plant will give a crystalline substance coumarin. An essential oil was found in the flowers, which also includes coumarin, resinous, tannins.

In addition to coumarin, the leaves contain melilotic acid and the oily substance melilotol, which also gives the plant a peculiar aroma. The content of coumarin in the plant depends on the stage of vegetation and is highest during the period of mass flowering. Since coumarin has the ability to reduce blood clotting, sweet clover grass is used for medicinal purposes with caution and only under the supervision of a doctor.

Sweet clover seeds contain fatty oil, starch, leaves contain ascorbic acid, carotene, etc.

Melilot officinalis is distributed almost throughout Europe. It occurs in meadows, in mountainous places, along roads, among crops, on forest edges, near ditches and ditches. Sweet clover is undemanding to soil and climatic conditions. It grows well everywhere, except for swampy or strongly podzolized acidic soils and loose sands. The best soils for it are loose loamy or lime-rich chernozems.

It is photophilous, winter-hardy, tolerates drought well, as it has a deep root system.

In the first year of life, the plant blooms, but the seeds do not ripen. Growth begins in the first decade of April, budding - in mid-June, flowering - at the end of July. The fruits begin to ripen in the second decade of August. Vegetation continues until the end of October.

Dried plants are very fragrant, have a slightly pungent taste with a resinous feeling. The aerial part of sweet clover is used as a spice both in everyday life and in industry. Its leaves and flowers are put in soups and salads, compotes, etc. Sweet clover is used in the processing of fish, it gives it a pleasant smell and taste, in the dairy industry - for making green cheese. The ground roots of this plant are eaten as a type of vegetable.

In Moldova and some countries of Western Europe, barrels are steamed with a decoction of sweet clover grass before pickling cucumbers and tomatoes.

As a medicinal plant sweet clover has been known since ancient times. In folk medicine, it is used in the form of a decoction as an expectorant for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, for angina pectoris, thrombosis of the coronary vessels, is part of emollient preparations and teas, and has a diuretic effect. An infusion of herbs is used for lotions, baths and compresses for abscesses, boils, mastitis and articular rheumatism.

Melilotus officinalis

Cultivation. Sweet clover is propagated by seeds that can be sown at several times; early spring, summer and late winter. The best sowing time is early spring. Since sweet clover seeds have a hard shell, they must be soaked for 3-4 hours to improve and accelerate germination.

Peas and lupins can be good precursors for sweet clover. After removing them, the site is loosened to a depth of 4-6 cm, and after the mass germination of weeds, they are dug up to a depth of 30-45 cm.

Before sowing seeds, the soil is lightly rolled. Prepared seeds cover the soil to a depth of 1,5-2 cm, the distance between rows is 60 cm.

When spring sowing shoots appear after 14-26 days. After the appearance of 2-4 true leaves, weeding, loosening of row spacing and thinning of plants are carried out, leaving them at a distance of 30 cm from each other. In the first year, the plant blooms, but the fruits do not have time to ripen. In the second year, the growing season begins in the first decade of April.

During the growing season, it is necessary to systematically loosen and weed the plants. Plants are harvested during the flowering period, in July. Cut off their tops with leaves, branches and flowers.

Dried in the shade, spreading a thin layer on a fabric or nylon mesh. After drying, the raw materials are rubbed with hands.

Authors: Yurchenko L.A., Vasilkevich S.I.

 


 

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. Botanical description, distribution, chemical composition, features of use

Melilotus officinalis

Left - Melilotus altissimus thuill; right - Melilotus albus dksr.

Legume family - Fabaceae

A biennial herbaceous plant with a taproot whitish branched root.

Stems are straight, 50-250 cm high, pubescent in the upper part, ribbed. Leaves alternate, petiolate, trifoliate; stipules lanceolate, pointed, entire, rarely with 1-2 teeth.

Flowers drooping, 5-7 mm long, collected in axillary racemes with long peduncles; calyx half incised into oblong-lanceolate lobes; the corolla is yellow, the flag is almost equal to the wings, which are longer than the boat.

The fruit is an ovoid, greyish, transversely wrinkled, bare, one- or two-seeded bean, 3-4 mm long, with an awl-shaped spout. Seeds are greenish-yellow, 1,8-2,2 mm long.

Blooms in June - September. The fruits ripen in August.

It grows in upland and steppe meadows, in sparse light forests, on forest edges, sometimes as a weed.

The range is continental Europe, the Caucasus, Minor, Middle, Central Asia. Introduced to the British Isles, New Zealand, North America and the extreme south of South America, where it successfully naturalized.

The aerial part contains coumarin, melilotin, dicoumarin, glycosides, mucous, tannins, proteins, essential oils, vitamins (ascorbic acid, tocopherol, carotene). The leaves contain melilotic acid and the oily substance melilotol, which, like coumarin, give the plant a distinctive aroma.

It has long been known as fodder, spicy-aromatic and medicinal plant. The leaves are used to make green cheese, the aerial part (especially during the flowering period), in the production of bitter vodkas, tinctures and beer, as a spice for flavoring tobacco, shag, soap, as an odor fixative in the perfume and alcoholic beverage industry.

Young thickened roots are edible when fried and boiled. Leaves and flowers are used as a seasoning in soups, salads, compotes, etc.

Experimental studies have established that sweet clover has an expectorant effect. Due to the presence of dicoumarin, it prevents blood clotting, and is indicated for use in thrombophlebitis. The coumarin contained in it has an antispasmodic effect, helps to increase the number of leukocytes, mainly granulocytes, improves blood circulation, especially in the vessels of the brain.

Poisonous in large doses.

Melilotus officinalis

The plant is used as an external emollient for boils, and a melilot patch is prepared from it.

Used in homeopathy. In domestic and foreign folk medicine, sweet clover was used internally as an expectorant and emollient, with flatulence, diarrhea, hypertension, insomnia, neurasthenia, as lactogenic, with hemorrhoids; external - with furunculosis, otitis, inflammation of the mammary glands, rheumatism, as a wound healing, in the form of baths - with inflammation of the ovaries, rheumatoid arthritis.

Melilot officinalis is a valuable fodder plant, it can be ensiled. In fresh form, it is poorly eaten by animals due to the high content of coumarin. In France, the plant is used as a dye.

A very valuable honey plant. Its excellent honey properties were known in antiquity. It produces excellent nectar that turns into light and sweet honey, as well as a lot of waxy pollen (sometimes with a reddish tinge).

It is bred near apiaries, in special apiaries, on the slopes of ravines. Can be used as siderate. Crops of sweet clover contribute to an increase in the yield of tobacco.

Authors: Dudchenko L.G., Kozyakov A.S., Krivenko V.V.

 


 

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis (L.) Desr. Description, habitats, nutritional value, culinary use

Melilotus officinalis

Sweet clover is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant from the legume family with a branched stem up to 1 m high.

The leaves are small, complex trifoliate, with serrated edges and subulate stipules.

The flowers are small, yellow, moth-like, odorous, collected in elongated racemes.

It occurs as a weed in dry wastelands, slopes of ravines, along the outskirts of fields and near roads. Blooms from June to September.

On the flood banks of the Volga, it forms large thickets.

The plant is winter-hardy, drought-resistant. Grows well in soils rich in lime. Promising for the development of solonetzic soils of the forest-steppe, steppe, semi-desert.

The leaves and stems of the plant contain the aromatic substance coumarin (up to 1,2%), up to 21% protein, 16% protein, 2,7% fat, up to 25% fiber, purine derivatives, essential oil (up to 0,01%). The plant is poisonous in large quantities.

Young and fresh leaves are used to make soups, okroshkas and salads. A fragrant mixture of dry leaves and inflorescences is used as a dressing in soups, salads and compotes to improve taste.

Dry and fresh inflorescences are used to make wines, liqueurs, tinctures.

The plant is considered a good honey plant, it produces 200-600 kg of honey per hectare.

Planting it near apiaries, along the slopes of ravines, wastelands and on unsuitable lands is highly desirable. This will make it possible to use the plant not only as food and melliferous, but also as fodder, technical and medicinal.

Low-coumarin varieties of sweet clover have been bred, which can be used as hay crops, for silage, green and dry fodder.

Author: Koshcheev A.K.

 


 

Melilot medicinal. reference Information

Melilotus officinalis

Sweet clover is a large herbaceous plant up to 2 m tall. It grows in wastelands, steppe areas, along beams, along roads and ditches, like a weed in gardens.

In some areas, the young thickened roots of sweet clover are used boiled or fried as a substitute for potatoes. The roots of annual plants that have not yet coarsened are collected.

Dry sweet clover leaves are suitable as a seasoning for salads, soups, sauces. Previously, powdered sweet clover leaves were added to snuff, and often to pipe tobacco. Sweet clover flowers are added to milk during souring to make cheeses.

In Switzerland, carefully selected and dried sweet clover leaves are added to the so-called green Swiss cheese, known for its original taste.

In Germany and Poland, sweet clover leaves and flowers have long been used to flavor beer and various liqueurs. In Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, barrels are steamed with a decoction of sweet clover before being filled with wine, salted cucumbers and tomatoes.

Ice from sweet clover leaves helps well with rough and sun-beaten skin, after working in dusty conditions, etc. Fresh sweet clover leaves are poured with warm water and infused for a day, then the infusion is drained and frozen.

Sweet clover herb contains essential oil, which includes citral, citroneol, coumarin, which give the ice and skin a pleasant liqueur flavor after treatment, and tonic blood circulation.

Author: Reva M.L.

 


 

Drought flower - yellow sweet clover. Featured article

Melilotus officinalis

Sweet clover grass is seductive because it can be used to solve three problems at once: get honey, improve the soil, and even have green fodder in addition. From the beginning of summer to the end, there is one more plus for sweet clover: he is not afraid of drought. When everything around burns out, sweet clover is still green. Plus it gives honey. Even I. Bunin noticed this and commented: Brother, in dusty boots, Threw to me on the windowsill A flower growing in pairs, A drought flower - a yellow sweet clover.

"I got up from my books and went to the steppe... // Well, yes, the whole field is golden, // And from everywhere there are dots of bees // Swimming in the dry evening heat..."

The bees really swim to the sweet clover in such masses, as they do not to any other grass. And in the morning. And by day. And in the evening. And especially in the heat. When it gets hot, the bees leave the buckwheat: its nectar thickens and dries.

Donnikovy is fresh in any land. Not diluted even in bad weather. It happens that the beekeeper sows a special honey grass phacelia near the hives. In drought, bees do not sit on phacelia. They fly to look for sweet clover.

Sweet clover flowers are so attractive to bees that even a loss is obtained from this. When they begin to mow the sweet clover with a combine, the bees die in masses. The rumbling machine may scare them, but they cannot tear themselves away from the nectar. After all, it contains almost half of the glucose and the same amount of fructose!

To save the honey pickers, Zhytomyr harvesters installed a special device. Two beams are attached in front, like stems on a sailboat. Between them, a wire is pulled parallel to the cutting part. The wire shakes the bees off the grass before the knives touch it.

The insidious grass and cows are no less seductive, although agronomists have different opinions on this issue. The best connoisseur of sweet clover, agronomist N. Artyukov, once argued with another admirer of sweet clover N. Salamatin. "Your cows don't eat sweet clover because you don't sow it," said Salamatin. "We sow. Ours eat it."

Artyukov objected: "In the meadow, they go around him for three miles!" Salamatin nodded in agreement: they go around until they get used to it. And it’s worth feeding it with sweet clover for two or three days, then you won’t drag it by the ears.

To make this conversation more understandable, let me explain: the initial aversion of cows to honey grass depends on the odorous substance coumarin, which fishermen use as bait for fish. Fish like coumarin, cows don't at first.

Rub your fingers on a leaf of sweet clover - you will immediately feel a pungent smell. Sweet clover can be recognized even in the dark, even with closed eyes. Burenki, of course, will also recognize him. But it takes three days - and get used to it.

And then, on the contrary, they begin to demand sweet clover. The more it is in the grass, the better they eat.

At a state farm near Rossosh, a scientific institute conducted an experiment: it was decided to check how much dairy cows like sweet clover. They let them out to pasture. The first day did not bring joy. The cows met the unfamiliar food warily. Ate sluggishly. The next day, milk yields dropped.

The shepherds who served the herds became worried. However, the experiment had to be completed. They singled out an experimental herd of 100 heads, which they let on the sweet clover. Another hundred cows were left in an ordinary forb meadow. For a day or two the competition went in favor of the forbs.

Three days later, the milk yield of cows that ate sweet clover increased sharply. The milk yield curve crept upwards. And the control herd still gave out the standard rate of milk.

The scientists were getting ready to celebrate the victory, when suddenly, a week later, a milk river from the control herd began to flow just as violently.

Burenki, gobbling up herbs, quickly caught up with their rivals. Yield equalized. The glory of the sweet clover has shaken again. Scientists did not expect such a turn of affairs. At first, they were even confused, not knowing how to explain the situation.

And no one would have guessed what was the matter, if not for the local traveler. Returning from work at night, he found the shepherds who were driving control cows to ... sweet clover! They secretly grazed them all night on the honey grass, and in the morning they returned to the usual pasture.

The experience was ruined. However, everyone was satisfied. And scientists, and shepherds. We were convinced that sweet clover makes milk rivers full-flowing.

And yet, some milk scientists were afraid that the new-found grass would spoil the taste of milk and butter.

Somehow an inspector comes to one of the large state farms. I learned that the cows were transferred to sweet clover. He tried the oil and said: "The oil is excellent, but there is an unpleasant aftertaste, it smells of coumarin ..." They called the livestock specialist, they ask: "What did they feed the cows with?" - "Ordinary hay. We will turn on sweet clover from tomorrow."

It just seemed to the specialist ... Then they checked both milk and butter more than once. Neither the color nor the taste has changed. But the oil was stored longer - honey grass phytoncides played a role.

As for the aroma, the Swiss used it, creating a new variety of cheese - Gruyger.

So, sweet clover is an ideal fodder plant? A masterpiece without flaws? Without cons? Without shady sides? Of course not. Like any living being, he also has a shadow side. There are at least three main ones. First: sweet clover weed. Second: it does not grow on acidic soils. Third: does not withstand the onslaught of local wild herbs.

Melilotus officinalis

On the left - Yellow sweet clover (melilotus) officinalis, Melilotus officinalis; on the right - white sweet clover, Melilotus albus

Let's try to deal with these shortcomings in order. First disadvantage: weed. Indeed, chains of bushes of this leguminous grass are constantly appearing along new roads.

Entire thickets appear in abandoned fields. When the agronomist Artyukov tried for the first time to breed sweet clover and received several tons of seeds, the director of the farm forced him to hand over the seeds to ... aviators! They were sown at the airport. The director was afraid that the weed would fill the state farm fields. And he had reasons.

The power of weeds is in the seeds. There are many of them, and they germinate unfriendly. Sweet clover has a million flowers per square meter. Accordingly, a lot of seeds. Seeds can be stored in the soil for ten years. And even twenty. Then suddenly grow. When each seed will grow, no one can predict.

This means that any culture on the field from under the sweet clover will always be like under the sword of Damocles (what if it comes up and clogs?). In general, there is such an opportunity (the director was not without reason afraid!). In 1926, countless hordes of yellow sweet clover suddenly appeared in the Voronezh region. On the deposits, abandoned since the time of the civil war, it rose in such a wall that the rider could hardly be seen. Tried to mow, but where there!

It stayed that way all summer. Only the beekeepers were satisfied. Each hectare of wasteland gave a bucket of honey daily. But in the neighboring region, this weed outgrew and jammed grain bread.

However, knowing the nature of the plant, you can avoid unpleasant situations. Donnik is a biennial. In the first year, he gives only greens. Seeds in the second. It is only necessary not to let it bloom in the second year. Mow when the buds begin to fill. Feed will be useful to livestock, and aftermath will begin to grow from stumps. It will bloom and give honey. Here again it is necessary to hurry and mow, until the sweet clover gave the seeds.

The disadvantage of the second: does not grow on acidic soils. What plant grows well on them? Correcting the situation is quite easy. Add lime and that's it. The third shortcoming: does not get along with neighbors. Sometimes it's even useful.

Researchers from the Institute for Nature Conservation surveyed lignite quarries in the Tula region. Nothing grew on them. Scientists have sown sweet clover. Taking advantage of the absence of neighbors, sweet clover has grown in some places even on coal dumps. Maybe years will pass - and local herbs will force out the stranger, but by this time he will have already fulfilled his mission, will improve the fertility of the soil.

So the scope of this useful herb is expanding. But we still don't know much about her. Biologists still cannot understand why the smell of sweet clover changes seven times during the day? What does this give the plant?

Author: Smirnov A.

 


 

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology

cultivated and wild plants. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

Ethnoscience:

  • For the treatment of varicose veins: crush 1-2 tablespoons of dried sweet clover flowers and insist in 1 liter of water for 12 hours. Then take a bath with this infusion 2-3 times a week to improve circulation and reduce the symptoms of varicose veins.
  • For headache treatment: insist 1 tablespoon of dried sweet clover flowers in a glass of boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Then drink the resulting infusion to relieve headaches.
  • For the treatment of neuralgia: chop 2-3 tablespoons of dried sweet clover flowers and insist in 1 liter of water for 12 hours. Then use this infusion to massage painful areas.
  • To treat bruises: crush a few fresh sweet clover flowers and apply on bruises. Repeat several times a day to reduce bruising and improve circulation.
  • For the treatment of rheumatism: insist 2 tablespoons of dried sweet clover flowers in 1 liter of water for 12 hours. Then drink the resulting infusion several times a day to improve the symptoms of rheumatism.

Cosmetology:

  • To reduce skin inflammation: grind a few flowers of sweet clover and mix them with honey. Apply the resulting mixture to the skin and leave for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with water to reduce inflammation and irritation.
  • To improve skin color: crush a few sweet clover flowers and mix them with coconut oil. Apply the resulting mixture to the skin and leave for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with water to improve the color and texture of the skin.
  • To improve skin tone: insist 1-2 tablespoons of dried sweet clover flowers in a glass of boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Then use this infusion for washing to improve skin tone.
  • To reduce the appearance of wrinkles: grind a few flowers of sweet clover and mix them with rosehip oil. Apply the resulting mixture to the skin and leave for 10-15 minutes, then rinse with water to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and improve skin elasticity.

Attention! Before use, consult with a specialist!

 


 

Sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

cultivated and wild plants. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

Sweet clover, also known as melilot, is a plant used in medicine and cooking.

Tips for growing, harvesting and storing sweet clover:

Cultivation:

  • Melilot officinalis can be grown both in open ground and in pots.
  • It prefers a sunny or semi-shady location, as well as fertile, well-drained soil.
  • Planting is done in spring or autumn, with a distance between plants of 30-40 cm.

Preparation and storage:

  • Harvest sweet clover is produced during flowering, usually in July-August.
  • Flowers and stem tops are cut and dried in the shade in a ventilated place.
  • Dried flowers and stems can be stored in paper or cloth bags in a dry place.

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Radiation for electronics is more dangerous than thought 04.08.2012

Radiation can cause ten times more damage to electronic devices than previously thought. This result was obtained using a new research method that uses a combination of lasers and acoustic waves.

The study of the effect of radiation on the structure of materials used in electronics has recently acquired particular importance. Since in extreme situations, such as accidents at nuclear power plants, rescuers and repairmen use robotic devices to penetrate the contaminated area. Failure of such a device due to underestimated exposure to radiation during a mission can lead to extremely negative consequences. Radiation damages materials at the atomic level. A modern transistor contains millions of atoms and therefore can survive a lot of damage before it breaks. However, the size of microelectronic devices continues to shrink, and if a transistor consists of only a few thousand atoms, then even a small defect can render it unusable.

The old methods of studying damage in electronic materials are limited only to the detection of large deformations of the atomic lattice. The new method allows for the first time to detect irregularities in the position of electrons that are attached to atoms.

To detect such disturbances, scientists Andrew Steigerwald and Normann Tolk used advanced coherent acoustic phonon spectroscopy (CAPS) technology. The essence of the new methodology is as follows. “Let’s imagine,” Steigerwald says, “that a person is swimming in a pool. Here, a person is an atom, and water is electrons. When another person (in our case, playing the role of a high-energy particle) jumps into the pool, the first one moves a little, making room for him. These small changes in location are difficult to measure, so current technologies cannot detect them." However, scientists have found another way: the detection of acoustic waves that diverge to the sides at the moment of impact, are reflected back to the surface and allow you to detect hidden defects.

The new technology has already brought surprises. Physicists tested it on gallium arsenide, which is widely used in the electronics industry. The semiconductor was bombarded with neon atoms, and structural damage was found to have spread over a volume containing 1 atoms. This is significantly more than studies using other methods have shown.

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