Botanical Index No. 1148

Yellow Sweet Clover

melilotus officinalis

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Analgesic, Antiaggregant, Antiedemic, Antiexudative, Anti-inflammatory, Antiprostaglandin, Antispasmodic, Antitumor, Astringent, Carminative, Decongestant, Digestive, Diuretic, Expectorant, Immunostimulant, Lactagogue, Laxative, Lymphotonic, Myorelaxant, Proteolytic, Sedative, Stimulant, Tonic, Colic, Elephantiasis

Primary Conditions Treated

Enterosis Epigastrosis Epithelioma Eructation Erysipelas Fever Filariasis Gas Gastrosis Headache Hemorrhoid High Blood Pressure Immunodepression Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Ischemia Itch Lymphedema Lymphatic Congestion Melanoma Migraine Mononucleosis Myalgia Mycoplasmosis Nervousness Neuralgia Ophthalmia Otosis Pain Pancreatosis Phlebitis Poison Proctosis Psittacosis Rheumatism Sarcoma Scirrhus Sore Sprain Stomachache Swelling Sunburn Thrombophlebitis Thrombosis Toxoplasmosis Tumor Ulcer Ulcus cruris Uterosis Varicosis Water Retention Wen Wound Collyrium Emollient Fumitory Hemostat Insectifuge Nervine Vasodilator Vulnerary Acne Adenopathy Aposteme Arthrosis Asthma Bleeding Boil Brachiosis Bronchosis Brucellosis Bruise Burn Cancer anus breast eye joint kidney liver nose prostate scrotum sinew spleen stomach uterus Carcinoma Cardiopathy Cellulite Chill Cold Condyloma Congestion Conjunctivosis Constipation Cramp CVI Dermatosis Diarrhea Dysmenorrhea Dysuria Earache Edema Encephalosis Endothelioma

General Dosage

Pour 150 ML boiling water over 1–2 tsp finely chopped herb, strain, let cool, and drink 2–3 cups/day for phlebitis; 2 tsp herb cold tea/day; 1–2 tsp powdered herb/cup, steep 5–10 minutes, 2–3 cups/day for varicose veins; herb in amounts equivalent to 3–30 mg coumarin; parenterally 1–7.5 mg coumarin; 1 mg/kg coumarin, equivalent to ca. 10 ml/day liquid extract.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. Commission E reports no contraindications, adverse effects, or interactions, except for headache. Coumarins in moldy hay cause uncontrolled bleeding in cattle. High doses can cause headache, stupor, and elevated liver enzymes. Nephrotoxic in rats. Carcinogenic. Low doses of coumarin, like aspirin, reduce chemically induced endothelioma, rendering them useful in ischemic heart disease. “Coumarin has been used to treat brucellosis in humans, and other chronic infections, including mononucleosis, mycoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis, Q fever, and psittacosis”. Dicoumarol is >1000 times better than coumarin as an antiaggregant. Grapefruit juice slows body conversion of coumarin to umbelliferone..

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