Clover Tea
Proven Health benefits of Clover Tea:
- Improves cardiovascular health.
- Treats skin disorders.
- Relieves menopausal symptoms.
- Reduces the risk of prostate cancer.
- Treats arthritis.
- Treats respiratory illnesses.
- Improves tissue circulation.
What is Red Clover tea?
Red Clover tea is derived from it is characterized (Trifolium pratense) herb, which belongs to the legume family, a perennial herb native to Asia and Europe and grown in North America. Characterized by three oval leaves and fluffy pink flowers.1
Red Clover tea is made from the dried flowers of red clover plants steeped for 15 minutes in simmering water. Other names for red clover include; cow clover, wild clover, meadow clover, purple clover.
What is Red Clover tea useful for?
Red Clover tea has been used for its medicinal properties to treat respiratory illnesses such as whooping cough, asthma, and bronchitis, treat skin ailments such as eczema, improve digestion, relieve inflammation in arthritis, and treat prostate cancer.2
Red clover tea contains improves isoflavones which is a type of a phytoestrogens which helps in declining menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, osteoporosis, and improving cardiovascular health due to its estrogen-like effects hence used as a herbal remedy.3
Health benefits
- Relieves menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes as it contains isoflavone extract similar to estrogen hormone essential in easing the discomfort.
- Reduces the risks of prostate cancer by decreasing the levels of the prostate-specific antigen.
- Improves cardiovascular health by strengthening the arteries and increasing HDL Cholesterol levels, thus reducing the risk of heart disease.
- Improves blood flow in the body due to its blood-thinning property, thus prevents blood clotting.
- Improves tissue circulation by facilitating the drainage in the lymphatic system, thus detoxifying the body and improving the skin appearance.
- Boosts bone density by slowing down bone loss in pre and perimenopausal women reducing the risk of osteoporosis.
- Treats respiratory illnesses such as whooping cough, bronchitis, and asthma.
- Reduces inflammation, thereby used in the treatment of arthritis.
- Used in the treatment of skin disorders such as psoriasis and eczema.
Nutrition
Per one cup of red clover tea contains:
- Calories 0
- Carbohydrate 0g
- Proteins 0g
- Fat 0g
Additionally, Red cover tea contains Isoflavones, flavonoids, phenolic acids, minerals, and saponins.
Toxicity
Rare side effects include nausea and muscle pain. Red clover tea should not be administered to children and pregnant or lactating women.