Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) is in the family of plants called legumes, the same family of plants that includes soybeans and chickpeas. Mainly people use the flowering tops of the Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) plant in tablet, capsule, and tea form. Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) is a source of plant estrogens, meaning it could help maintain a healthy estrogen level in women. Historically, people have used Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) for cancer and lung problems like bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough. Currently, Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) is used to treat menopausal symptoms, menstrual symptoms, high cholesterol, and prostate problems.

Trifolium pratense is an especially useful herb when taken internally for the care of weeping and itching skin problems, as well as patches of rough, dry skin. Most exhilarating when used in combination with Viola tricolor and Nettles. It soothes the skin while allowing prompt refurbishment. Known to be a tea of the Queens of England, aiding in the preservation of soft, rich, milky skin, and perhaps leading to the notion of their inherently creamy white skin. Red Clover has an important phytomedicinally active component called trans-cis- chloramide, one of the direct precursors to dopamine, a critically important catecholamine within the central nervous system, often depleted in those experiencing some form of neurological deterioration or common underdevelopment (ADD/ADHD).

Red Clover Blossoms have also demonstrated some profound anticancer effects because of a phytomedicinally inherent substance called genisteine, a phytoestrogen, which stops production of orth-phospho-tyrosine (OPT). OPT is a growth factor which is used as a major marker in cancer patients: the lower OPT levels the better the prognosis.