1, the efficacy of motherwort

(1) Leonurus japonicus, also known as Cao Kun and Leonurus japonicus, is slightly cold and bitter. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis, relieving pain, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, and clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be used for treating menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, fetal leakage, dystocia, placenta retention, postpartum blood halo, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, traumatic injury, renal edema, dysuria, hematuria, carbuncle, sore and toxin.

(2) Herbal medicine Yan Hui is known as "promoting blood circulation without hurting new blood, nourishing blood without stagnating blood", which is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in gynecology. 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. The dried motherwort is calcined into ash, the color is white and delicate, and it can absorb epidermal toxins and various irritating substances, so it can treat acne and has the functions of whitening and caring skin.

2, the role of motherwort

(1) Modern medical research has proved that motherwort contains many alkaloids such as leonurine, stachydrine, leonurine, leonurine, benzoic acid, potassium chloride and so on. According to modern clinical and animal practice, Leonurus japonicus extract and decoction have a strong and lasting exciting effect on uterus, which can not only enhance its contractility, but also improve its tension and contraction rate.

(2) Effect on uterus

Leonurus japonicus decoction, ethanol extract and leonurine have exciting effects on isolated uterus of rabbits, cats and other animals.

(3) Effects on cardiovascular system

Motherwort can significantly increase the coronary flow and slow down the heart rate of isolated guinea pig hearts induced by isoproterenol. Intravenous injection of motherwort preparation can significantly increase coronary flow, reduce coronary resistance, slow down heart rate, reduce cardiac output and left ventricular work in anesthetized dogs.

(4) Anti-platelet aggregation and anti-thrombosis

Modern pharmacological research shows that Leonurus heterophyllus can significantly reduce erythrocyte aggregation and inhibit platelet aggregation, platelet thrombosis and fibrin thrombosis. It has good curative effect on hypertension and coronary heart disease.

(5) the role of beauty.

It is reported that although Wu Zetian is old, she has a long-lasting appearance, because she uses the beauty products extracted from motherwort ashes all the year round, which have the effects of whitening, nourishing and rejuvenating the skin.

(6) Benefits to the uterus

Motherwort extract and decoction have a strong and lasting exciting effect on uterus, which can not only enhance its contractility, but also improve its tension and contraction rate. It can also be used for patients with traumatic blood stasis, such as motherwort cream recorded in The Secret of Outer Taiwan.

Remove the stain

Insist on massaging and washing your face with whitening cream added with motherwort, and eat motherwort soup 2 ~ 3 times a week to treat both internal and external problems. Most spots can be effectively faded, and many serious spots can also be faded.

(8) the purpose of reducing brain tissue necrosis

The mechanism of leonurine contained in Leonurus japonicus is to reduce the oxygen consumption of brain cells, inhibit cell death caused by mitochondrial oxidative stress, stimulate the activity of adenosine triphosphate, prevent further cell necrosis and apoptosis, and thus reduce brain tissue necrosis.

(9) Relieve dysmenorrhea

For dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, it is often combined with herbs for nourishing blood, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain, such as Rhizoma Corydalis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Cyperi and Radix Cyathulae. The dosage of motherwort is large, usually about 30 grams, and most of them have obvious effects.

(10) Postpartum diseases

Such as postpartum hemorrhage or lochia caused by uterine inertia, abdominal distension and pain, less bleeding, or blood clots, it is often combined with angelica, white peony root with wine, mugwort leaf, Ligusticum Chuanxiong and hawthorn, and cooked ginger and linderae are added for cold patients, and the effect is ideal.

(1 1) is used to treat nephropathy.

Motherwort combined with other drugs can achieve the purpose of treating nephropathy such as kidney calculi's disease, acute nephritis edema and hematuria.

Treatment of hydrocephalus (12)

The pathogenesis of hydrocephalus is mostly the syndrome of water stasis. Motherwort can promote blood circulation and promote diuresis, which accords with its pathogenesis. It is often combined with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Flos Carthami, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Puerariae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Rhizoma Imperatae, Rhizoma Alismatis, Amber, Poria, Moschus, Semen Plantaginis, and Fructus Crataegi. After use, the effect is obvious, and there have been many cases of treatment and examination.

(13) Treating gynecological diseases such as chronic adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease.

This product has the characteristics of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and can slow down digestion after long-term administration. It is often used with Chinese angelica, salvia miltiorrhiza, sparganium, red peony root, safflower, Achyranthes bidentata, fennel and Linderae to treat abdominal mass, but it is effective after long-term administration.

(14) inhibits the occurrence of cancer.

Motherwort contains many trace elements. Selenium can enhance the vitality of immune cells, alleviate the occurrence of atherosclerosis and improve the body's defense function system; Manganese can resist oxidation, aging, fatigue and cancer cell proliferation.

(15) Other functions

Alkaline subcutaneous injection of Leonurus japonicus has central inhibitory effect, and MLD is 0.4-0.6g/kg. Intravenous injection of leonurine 1mg/kg in rabbits significantly increased urine output. Leonurine can hemolyze rabbit blood suspension at high concentration. The alkaline aqueous extract of Leonurus japonicus was diluted by test tube method (1:1:1:kloc-0/0), which had inhibitory effects on Mucor Xu Shi, Microsporum wool, Epidermophyton rubrum and Nocardia stellata. Motherwort decoction was prepared by plain paper method, which had inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae.

(16) improving eyesight and benefiting essence

Motherwort has the function of treating dizziness, which is used for dizziness caused by physical weakness and water dampness.

3. How to eat motherwort?

(1) acne cream

① Specific preparation method: Take 500 grams of motherwort, cut it into small pieces, dry it in the sun and burn it 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.

② Administration method: Take one pill a 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) porridge for treating acne

① Specific preparation 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 cook the medicinal juice and black beans 100g with appropriate amount of water, then add japonica rice and water to cook porridge, and add a little brown sugar when the porridge is rotten.

② Administration method: take 1 small bowl in the morning, at noon and at night, and take 1 dose every other day.

(3) Huoxue Yang Yan Decoction

(1) Specific production method: 4 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, added with crystal sugar after half an hour, and boiled until the crystal sugar is dissolved.

2 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.

(4) Fresh motherwort egg roll

① materials: fresh motherwort 300-400g, 2-3 eggs, lean pork 100g, and 3 slices of ginger.

② Practice: Wash fresh motherwort and cut it into sections; Clean lean meat, cut into strips and chop into minced meat; Add water 1250 ml (about 5 bowls) and ginger to the wok; After the fire boils, add motherwort and lean meat, then beat in the eggs and roll for a while, then add salt and sesame oil.

③ dosage: 3~4 people

(5) Treating dysmenorrhea

30-60g of motherwort, 20g of yanmingsuo and 2 eggs are boiled together with water. After the eggs are cooked, remove the shells and cook for a while, remove the dregs, eat the eggs and drink the soup. Take it before menstruation, once a day, 5 ~ 7 times in total.

(6) Treating amenorrhea

90g of motherwort, 30g of orange and 50g of brown sugar are decocted in water. Take it once a day and several times.

(7) Treating functional uterine bleeding.

50g motherwort, 0/5g nutgrass galingale rhizome/kloc-0, 2 eggs, add a proper amount of water to boil, put it in the eggshell and cook for a while, remove the dregs, eat eggs and drink soup. Once a day for 4 ~ 5 days.

(8) Treating postpartum abdominal pain

50g of motherwort, 30g of ginger, 20g of jujube and 0/5g of brown sugar/kloc-are decocted in water. One dose a day.

(9) Endometritis

350g of motherwort, decocted in water and 200g of brown sugar, dissolved and taken warm for 3 days; Motherwort 150g, Celosia cristata 60g, ground and taken orally, once a day/kloc-0, for 3 days; 30 grams of motherwort, 30 grams of selfheal and 30 grams of dandelion are taken in three times; Motherwort, wild chrysanthemum each 65438 06 grams, corn stigma, white lentils, dandelion, Celosia cristata each 65438 00 grams, decocted juice with 200 grams of brown sugar, taken orally or mixed, for 3 doses.