Leon Motherwort

Also known as: Kuncao

Meridian distribution of nature and flavor: pungent, bitter, slightly cold in nature; returns to the heart, liver, and bladder meridians.

Essential medicine for women during childbirth

Motherwort is a gynecological sacred medicine. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. It can be used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum retained fetal membranes, persistent lochia, etc. Gynecological diseases. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that motherwort can "treat prenatal and postpartum diseases, promote blood circulation and nourish the blood." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also points out that motherwort can "activate blood circulation, break blood, and regulate menstruation." Modern research shows that motherwort also has the ability to calm the liver. It has the effects of lowering blood pressure, improving eyesight, and diuresis, and can treat chronic nephritis, conjunctivitis, night blindness and other diseases.

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Leonurus is also called mountain green hemp, safflower motherwort, mountain hemp, false green hemp, Liuweicao and motherwort. It is cultivated all over the country. It mostly grows in grassy fields and moist places by streams. It is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family, and its medicinal parts are the above-ground parts. It is mostly harvested in summer when the stems and leaves are lush, cut into sections, dried and used raw. Modern research has found that the tender stems and leaves of Motherwort contain nutrients such as protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B, and vitamin B2. In addition, motherwort also contains motherwort, motherwort, arginine, rutin, benzoic acid, lauric acid and other ingredients.

Effects and Indications

Effects: promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation, diuresis, reducing swelling, and detoxifying.

Indications 1. It is used for women with irregular menstruation, irregular menstruation, lower abdominal distension and pain, postpartum lochia, amenorrhea, etc. 2. It is used for traumatic congestion and pain, sores and carbuncles, and skin itching and rash.

Authenticity Identification

The traditional Chinese medicine Motherwort is a human medicine based on the above-ground part of the plant Motherwort, and its seeds are used as medicine and are called 茺伟子. Although they come from the same thing, they have different effects. Both motherwort and motherwort have the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood clots, but motherwort has excellent ability to activate blood circulation and regulate menstruation. It is an important medicine in obstetrics and gynecology, hence the name "motherwort". It can also diuretic, reduce swelling, clear away heat and detoxify, and can be used for edema, difficulty in urination, sores, carbuncles and swollen poison. Ziweizi is good at repelling wind, clearing away heat and improving eyesight, and is often used in the treatment of ophthalmic diseases. The whole plant is used in the herbal medicine Yimu, and the fruit is used in the medicinal medicine Yimu.

Notes

1. It should not be used by pregnant women. 2. It should not be used in patients with yin deficiency and little blood, or blood deficiency without stasis.