ALFALFA

Description

Annual forage plant, erect, branched, perennial, 45-100 cm high. Erect and smooth stems; trifoliate leaves. Oblong or obovate folioles, about 2 cm long and 0.5 cm wide. The flowers are blue, sustained in a dense, cylindrical cluster. The fruit is an open spiral legume.

Part used

Aerial parts and seeds.

Indications

Alfalfa is a plant with high nutritional value as well as a good therapeutic element.

• Anemia. Alfalfa is traditionally used to treat anemia caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
• Convalescences, malnutrition and weight loss.
• Hemorrhages in general.
• Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia
• Arteriosclerosis.
• Menopause.
• Osteoporosis.

Bibliography

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Fitoterapia: Vademecum de Prescripción. Plantas Medicinales. Colaboran: Asociación española de médicos naturistas. Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Vizcaya.

Plantes Médicinales des régions tempérees. L. Bézanger-Beauquesne et M. Pinkas. M. Torch et F.Trotin. Maloine S.A. Editeur. Paris 1980.

Enciclopedia de las Plantas Medicinales. Biblioteca de Educación y Salud. Dr. Pamplona Roger.

Max Rombi. 100 plantes medicinales. Editions Romart. Deuxieme edition.

Botanical influences on illness. Werbach and Murray. Thrid Line Press.