[Plant Morphology] An annual or biennial herb with a height of 60 ~ 120 cm and rough hair backward. The root leaves are nearly round, the leaf margin is 5 ~ 9-lobed, with a long handle, the middle leaves are palmately 3-lobed, and the lobes are oblong; The leaves on the inflorescence are strip-shaped or strip-lanceolate, whole or with few teeth; Both surfaces of leaf blade are pilose. Inflorescence axillary; Calyx bell-shaped, with 5 teeth, the first two teeth are adjacent; Corolla purplish red or light purplish red, length 1 ~ 1.2 cm. There are hair rings in the corolla tube, and the upper and lower lips are several equal lengths. Stamens 4, strong enemy. Nutlets are dark brown and trigonous at maturity. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

[Properties of Medicinal Materials] The stem is a square cylinder with longitudinal grooves on all sides, with a length of 30-60 cm and a diameter of 2-8 mm.. The surface is yellow-green, with dense fluff. The body is light and tough, with marrow in the middle. The leaves are opposite and wrinkled. The complete lower leaves are palmately 3-lobed, and the upper leaves are pinnately parted or shallowly divided into 3 pieces. Lobes are entire or serrate, and all have petioles. Top leaves oblong to linear, subsessile; Leaf blade is densely covered with fine villi on both sides. Axillary cymes on the upper part of stem, small flowers, 2-lipped corolla, pink purple, tubular calyx. It is covered with grass and tastes sweet and bitter.

[Collection location] Chengdu Lotus Pond Medicinal Material Market.

Indications: promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, diuresis and detumescence. Used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, lochia, edema and oliguria; Acute nephritis edema.

[Contraindications] Deficiency of yin and blood, menorrhagia, cold, diarrhea and pregnant women are prohibited.

[General medicinal properties] The surface is grayish green or yellowish green; Light, tough, with marrow in the middle. The leaves are grayish green, shriveled and broken, and easy to fall off. Cymes are axillary, with lavender flowers, tubular calyx and 2-lipped corolla. This knife is about 2 cm long.

Main functions:

Leonurus japonicus, also known as Cao Kun and Leonurus japonicus, is an erect herb in Labiatae. It is a good medicine used by traditional Chinese medicine to treat gynecological diseases, tonify the body and beauty beauty. The whole grass is rich in trace elements such as selenium and manganese, and has the effects of antioxidation, anti-aging and anti-fatigue. It is a beautiful plant with beautiful leaves, and it is an excellent flower viewing plant in summer garden. Its stems and leaves are edible, fragrant and refreshing, suitable for cold salad or soup, and it is a wild health-care vegetable with high nutritional value.

Motherwort is widely distributed all over the country, and motherwort and motherwort are common. Mostly born in hillside grassland, wilderness or roadside, especially in sunny places. Its plant height is 30 cm to 100 cm, its stem is square column, and its leaf shape changes greatly. Basal leaves and lower stems and leaves shed during flowering, mostly oval to nearly round, palmately 3-lobed. The leaves in the middle of the stem are rhombic and small, and usually split into three or more oblong linear lobes. Leaf blade on inflorescence linear or linear-lanceolate. Inflorescence axillary, with 8 to 15 flowers, curved and pendulous base, bell-shaped calyx, pink to lavender corolla, and light brown diamond-shaped nuts after flowering. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is 7- 10.

Motherwort has a wide range of properties, likes warm and humid environment and is cold-resistant. General soil can be planted, but it is suitable for cultivation in loam with deep soil layer and rich humus and sandy loam with good drainage. Generally speaking, seeds are propagated by direct seeding. Seeds can be collected from the ground in autumn, dried and preserved until the vernal equinox of the following year to the awning season. Sowing should be carried out in a ventilated and sunny place. First of all, we should do a good job in soil preparation and apply sufficient base fertilizer. The row spacing should be 20 cm to 30 cm, and a shallow ditch with a depth of 1 cm to 2 cm should be drawn. Seeds should be evenly spread in the ditch, covered with soil, leveled and watered to keep the soil moist, and seedlings can emerge in about 15 days. When the height of the seedlings is 5cm to 10cm, the seedlings should be fixed according to the plant spacing of 10cm to 15cm, and the soil should be loosened in time to weed, and the water should be watered frequently and less. When the plants begin to sprout and blossom, they should be topdressing with 1 ~ 3 times of fully decomposed liquid fertilizer. If potted plants are used for ornamental purposes, 3 ~ 5 plants per pot are appropriate according to the size of the pot diameter. Pot soil can choose sapropelic soil and pastoral soil with good water permeability, slightly apply base fertilizer and plant in the field according to the sowing method. Potted plants should be kept in ventilated and sunny balconies. And keep the basin soil moist, and apply dilute and decomposed liquid fertilizer regularly, so that the basin soil will not be dry and short of water for a long time, so as to ensure the plants to grow luxuriantly and bloom continuously. Mature seeds should be harvested in time after autumn, so that they can be planted next year.

Motherwort is prone to powdery mildew and rust in the middle growth stage. Edible cultivated plants should not use too many chemicals, mainly for prevention, or use natural plant preparations for prevention and control, such as using garlic extract to prevent powdery mildew and using tobacco extract to kill cutworms. When powdery mildew occurs in ornamental plants, 50% carbendazim wettable powder can be sprayed 500-800 times, and 97% diclofenac sodium can be sprayed 200 times to prevent rust. The main pest is root cutter (cutworm), which can be poisoned by 1500 times of 90% trichlorfon.

The production and use of motherwort "acne-removing beauty cream" are as follows: the aerial parts of motherwort are harvested in early summer, dried and ground into powder, and mixed into paste with proper cucumber juice and honey. Apply it after washing your face at night, and wash it off after drying. It can not only remove acne, but also rejuvenate and beautify the skin.

Five beauty effects of motherwort:

At present, all kinds of chemical beauty products on the market are a dime a dozen, and the prices are ridiculously expensive. A bottle of foreign eye cream, known as "Rolls Royce" in cosmetics, sold for nearly RMB in 600 yuan after discount, which really made the working class stunned. In fact, you don't have to spend a lot of money in your daily life. Using Chinese herbal medicines on the market can make beauty products with excellent efficacy. For example, motherwort, which recently appeared in the vegetable market, is a natural beauty agent.

Traditional Chinese medicine cosmetology has a long history in China. Every spring and summer, the ancients liked to make natural beauty products with flowers or wild plants. According to legend, Wu Zetian used the beauty products made of motherwort all the year round, so that when she was 50 years old, her skin color was still as fresh and tender as a girl of 15 years old, and when she was 80 years old, her face was not old.

Here are some methods of motherwort beauty products, which can be divided into oral administration and external application. These methods are easy to learn, have no side effects and have remarkable effects. Try it sometime. In fact, returning to nature and adding some herbal essences from the East to cosmetics coincides with the world trend of cosmetic development in recent years.

External application method

1. Application of muscle humectant

The specific production method: the whole motherwort herb is washed with clear water, drained, finely cut, dried in the sun, ground into powder, added with appropriate amount of water and flour, blended, kneaded into jiaozi, then simmered overnight with fire, cooled, ground into powder, 30g of talcum powder and 3g of rouge powder are added into every 300g of powder, mixed together, put into a porcelain bottle, and sealed for a period of time.

Usage: Wash your face every night, mix the powder into paste, apply it for 20 minutes, take it off and wash it.

2. War "pox" mask

The specific preparation method comprises grinding Herba Leonuri into powder, and juicing cucumber.

Add motherwort powder and honey into cucumber juice and stir well. Usage: Apply after washing face at night, dry and wash off.

take orally

1. Except "acne" cream.

Specific production method: use 500 grams of motherwort, cut into small pieces, dry in the sun, and burn to ashes. Then make meatballs with vinegar and burn them to turn red. Repeat this for 7 times, then grind and sieve, mix with honey, and store in porcelain.

How to take it: Take one pill every day after meals. This prescription has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and can treat freckles, black spots and chloasma.

2. Treat acne porridge

The specific production method: firstly, chop 50g of motherwort, 9g of sappan wood and 9g of peach kernel, add appropriate amount of water, fry for 30min, remove residues and take juice, then put the medicine juice and black beans 100g into appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, and add a little brown sugar when the porridge is rotten.

Administration method: take 1 small bowl in the morning, noon and evening, and take 1 dose every other day.

3. Huoxue Yang Yan Decoction

The specific production method: four eggs are cooked and shelled, 30g of motherwort and 30g of taxillus are washed, then the cooked eggs, motherwort and taxillus are put into a pot, boiled with slow fire, and crystal sugar is added after half an hour, and boiled until the crystal sugar is dissolved.

How to take it: Remove motherwort and mistletoe from the soup and eat egg soup. This can nourish the liver and nourish blood. Women should drink it before and after menstruation, and the effect is better. You can also use quail eggs instead of eggs, with the same effect.

Tips:

Leonurus japonicus, also known as Leonurus japonicus and Leonurus japonicus, is a kind of herbaceous plant, which has been used by doctors in past dynasties to treat gynecological diseases. Because it contains trace elements such as selenium and manganese, it has the effects of anti-oxidation, anti-aging, anti-fatigue and inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells, so it has the effect of skin care.

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