HERB PROFILE · EDUCATIONAL REFERENCE

White Clover

Botanical nameTrifolium repens
Plant part usedFlowering tops

Important safety information: Human evidence is sparse and white clover is not interchangeable with red clover. Avoid medicinal use in pregnancy and seek advice with anticoagulants or hormone-sensitive conditions.

Herbal actions

  • Traditional alterative
  • traditional expectorant
  • nutritive food herb

Traditional and practitioner uses

These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.

  • Traditional cough and sore-throat preparations
  • Traditional skin-use preparations
  • Edible flower use

Main constituents

Flavonoids, phenolic acids, low-level isoflavones, coumarin-related compounds

Preparation overview

Tea: Covered infusion. Use correctly identified, unsprayed flowering tops; no clinically established medicinal dose exists.

Liquid extract reference: 1:5

Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.

Herbilous provides educational information only. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace professional medical advice. Seek urgent care for severe or worsening symptoms.