In our modern technological age, we're increasingly inundated with toxic nanotechnologies and heavy metals. From our water to the air, to our pharmaceuticals, vaccines, cosmetics and even our foods. Red Clover is a powerful blood cleanser, invaluable for purifying the body of these disruptors. Studies have shown that red clover even cleanses heavy metals from contaminated soil. Clover is exceptional for a lymphatic and fascia detox with its ability to assist expelling tough, excess mucus and other waste stored in our drainage pathways. As a great upper respiratory healer, studies have further proved its ability to inhibit lung metastases. And its diuretic nature exemplifies its benefits to the liver, kidney, bladder, and urinary tract.
The benefits of Red Clover compose a long list, including its delightfully earthy flavor that really shines with a touch of raw honey. My initial experiences with Red Clover displayed Its ability as a powerful antifungal. As a result, it also helped me heal chronic acne which persisted into my late 20’s, and even holds antiaging potential. It is “anti” many things. An anti-inflammatory, antiallergenic, and a sacred anticoagulant.
It’s rich in antioxidants and is a special nutritive to have at home. Its high prevalence of isoflavones expresses its ability as a heart healer, helping break down arterial plaque while thinning blood and lowering blood pressure. Isoflavones also hold the potential to relieve menstrual cramps and even stop or prevent the multiplication of cancer cells by inducing apoptosis.
What I find revealing is where Red Clover grows. It presents itself directly to us as an answer to problems created by modern lifestyles. A divine gift offering its healing ability. The prevalence of Red Clover matches that of dandelion, popping up in our lawns, on the sides of roads, and climbing up between the cracks of sidewalks. Despite it's use for thousands of years, it feels overlooked in comparison to Dandelion, but this will continue to change in the coming years. Oftentimes, Red Clover, Dandelion, and Mugwort grow nearside each other, and I feel there is certainly a divine orchestration behind that, subtly asking us to take note.
The Spirit of Red Clover
For myself, herbs were a portal to a different timeline of experience and evolution. Our physical reality is foundationally energetic, thus, I feel it’s just as important to understand herbs from that perspective. I often say, our body doesn’t emit energy, it’s the energy that manifests our soul’s blueprint into a third dimensional vessel. After all, consciousness lives on beyond the body, transitioning back to spirit. The consciousness of these plants become one with our own and like a code unlocks new potentials to arise in our physical experience. But the code is quantum or energetic, manifesting as a physical process, gradually. From this understanding, all healing is technically energetic or emotional healing on some level. This is why forms of "herbal magic" have been practiced for centuries. It’s merely understanding that every plant, animal, and object is an individual expression of the same consciousness in this holographic interplay. Thus, their energy can naturally open us to a new range of potentials even beyond healing.
Energetically, Red Clover protects and expands our vital life force, expressed by its powerful blood and lymphatic cleansing potential. Notice the color of the plant, it’s usually a red, pink, or purple flower, with green stems. These frequencies correlate precisely with the chakras and areas of the body Red Clover benefits most.
It’s an herb of creation and fulfilling spiritual potential in the physical. It’s associated primarily with love, healing the heart, and protection from negative entities. But it’s also one of success, money, masculine energy, and the air element.
Conclusion
There’s a reason beyond intuition that I put Red Clover in my immune boosting tea. Not just because it boosts the immune system, but because I’ve yet to encounter a problem it can’t help with. My first experiences integrating Red Clover came through helping a loved one suffering from debilitating Candida. While emotional trauma played a foundational role, out of the numerous herbs, supplements, and diet changes, it was Red Clover that helped immensely.
In many ways I could say it was Red Clover that revealed the limitations of influencers in the holistic healing space. Another topic for another article, but in many ways holistic practitioners mirror their allopathic opposition. Meaning they both feel they have THE protocol that fits everyone. Follow this precise diet, take these particular herbs. It becomes very similar to "take these pills" in perpetual cycles forever. Such narrow perspectives can be fundamentally flawed in a dualistic experience where the only constant is contrast and uniqueness.
The reality is, these protocols don't always work for everyone (and like allopathic practitioners, some will gaslight you for communicating this). After spending hundreds of dollars on expensive products using the purest modern methods to create more “bioavailable” formulas scientifically proven to be right for "everyone", it was this abundant, affordable herb that helped a debilitating chronic illness (as it has for centuries). Simplicity often yields our greatest results. Put another way, the trees that reach the greatest heights are deeply rooted and most grounded.
We come to discover, a big part of a healing journey is uncovering our own path. We can all learn and integrate something from each other, but It's not about following another's story, if you're on this path you're here to write your own. As always, do your own research and integrate what feels right to you!
Nutritional Profile
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B1
- Vitamin B3
- Isoflavones
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Calcium
- Phosphorous
- Zinc
- Iron
- Chromium
- Thiamine