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Chinese motherwort, known as yi-mu-cao, and the common European motherwort serve as excellent examples of plants used for parallel purposes by divergent cultures, whose uses are confirmed by modern research. Motherwort herb regulates the menses, promotes blood circulation, stimulates the development of new tissue, is diuretic, and reduces swelling. The seeds promote blood circulation, regulate the menses, and clear away liver heat from the eyes. In TCM motherwort was used to promote longevity and strengthen the heart, Science endorses motherwort's folk applications against heart-related conditions. This fascinating but still little-appreciated member of the mint family deserves greater attention in the West.
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Related Species
Leonurus heteropbyllus, Chinese motherwort
Leonotis leonurus also known as Lion's Tail or Wild Dagga
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| Motherwort contains alkaloid stachydrine. Because of its ability to stimulate uterine contractions, it is not recommended during pregnancy, except during the last few days, when it is used to stimulate labor.
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Preparation Methods :teas, extracts, capsules Remedies using : Motherwort
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Motherwort for :Female Tonic |
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Motherwort is especially valuable in female a wide range of female disorders (hence the name), allaying nervous irritability and inducing quiet and passivity of the whole nervous system. |
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- Flowers:Dull purple pink, pale purple, or white, small, clustered in axils of upper leaves. Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, with 5 rigid awl-like teeth; corolla 2-lipped, upper lip arched, woolly without; lower lip 3-lobed, spreading, mottled; the tube with oblique ring of hairs inside. Four twin-like stamens, anterior pair longer, reaching under upper lip; style 2-cleft at summit.
- Stem: 2 to 5 ft. tall, straight, branched, leafy, purplish.
- Leaves:Opposite, on slender petioles; lower ones rounded, 2 to 4 in. broad, palmately cut into 2 to 5 lobes; upper leaves narrower, 3-cleft or 3-toothed.
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- Preferred Habitat:Waste places near dwellings.
- Flowering Season:June - September
- Distribution:Nova Scotia southward to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Nebraska. Naturalized from Europe and Asia.
How the bees love this generous, old-fashioned entertainer! One nearly always sees them clinging to the close whorls of flowers that are strung along the stem, and of course transferring pollen, in recompense, as they journey on. A more credulous generation imported the plant for its alleged healing virtues. What is the significance of its Greek name, meaning a lion's tail? Let no one suggest, by a far-stretched metaphor, that our grandmothers, in Revolutionary days, enjoyed pulling it to vent their animosity against the British.
It has rather a pungent odor and a very bitter taste.
Grieve, Maude
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Li Shi-zhen lists the uses of the seeds and herb in the 1596 Ben Cao Gang Mu. He noted that it helped to stimulate circulation, benefit the eyes, quiet the nerves, and regulate the menses, among other uses.
Steven Foster
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Since ancient times, motherwort has been used to treat palpitations and rapid heart beat, especially when associated with anxiety. The ancient Greeks and Romans honored it for a remedy for both physical and emotional heart troubles. "Motherwort is especially valuable in female weakness and disorders (hence the name), allaying nervous irritability and inducing quiet and passivity of the whole nervous system. Old writers tell us that there is not better herb for strengthening the heart." Grieve, M |
Venus owns the herb, and it is under Leo. There is no better herb to take melancholy vapours from the heart, to strengthen it Nicholas Culpeper | |
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