What is Motherwort

Motherwort is a medicinal herb we use to stop bleeding. It is mainly used on girls, so girls are very familiar with what motherwort is. But for us male friends, we may not be familiar with the medicinal herb Motherwort, so we hope that you can learn more about what the Motherwort introduced in this article is. I believe it will be of great help to you in understanding Motherwort.

If we have a certain understanding of this kind of female products, we can take better care of your girlfriend. However, girls know more about it, because it is a medicinal herb that is helpful to your health, and you need to know how to use it.

Motherwort is the whole herb of the Leonurus japonicus plant of the Lamiaceae family. Annual or biennial herb, flowering in summer. It grows in mountains, wastelands, ridges, grasslands, etc. It is distributed in most parts of the country. Pick in summer when the flowers are in full bloom. Edible effects: tastes bitter and cool. Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate menstruation, and eliminate water. It is used to treat irregular menstruation, fetal leakage, dystocia, retained placenta, postpartum blood loss, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, metrorrhagia, hematuria, hematuria, carbuncles and ulcers.

Fresh Motherwort: It has no stem in the seedling stage, and the basal leaves are circular and heart-shaped, with 5 to 9 shallow lobes on the edges, and each lobe has 2 to 3 blunt teeth. In the early stage of flowering, the stem is square columnar, with many branches on the upper part and concave longitudinal grooves on all four sides. It is 30 to 60 cm long and 0.2 to 0.5 cm in diameter. The surface is green; the texture is fresh and tender, and there is pith in the middle of the cross section. The leaves are arranged alternately and have petioles; the leaves are green, tender and juicy when rubbed; the lower stem leaves are palmately 3-lobed, and the upper leaves are deeply or shallowly pinnately lobed into 3 pieces, and the lobes are entire or have a few serrations. It has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste.

Pharmacological Action

1. Effect on the uterus:

Motherwort decoction, alcohol extract and the leonurine it contains have a stimulating effect on the uterus of many animals, including rabbits, cats, dogs, and guinea pigs. When the decoction of Motherwort is administered to the isolated uterus of rabbits, it has a stimulating effect regardless of whether the uterus is not pregnant, in the early stage of pregnancy, in the late stage of pregnancy, or after delivery. For the uterus in situ, the stimulating effect appears 30 minutes after rapid intravenous injection, and its intensity and duration of action increase with increasing dosage.

2. Anti-platelet aggregation and coagulation effect:

The platelet aggregation activity in Wistar rats was increased by scalding, ice water stress and intravenous injection of ADP. The anti-platelet aggregation effect of Leonurus injection (I) in vivo was observed. The platelet aggregation ratio of rats decreased after scalding for 1 hour. The platelet aggregation ratio of scalded rats was maintained within the normal range by external jugular vein injection of Leonurus injection (4.4 ml/kg) (containing 2 g of crude drug).

3. It has the effect of improving coronary circulation and protecting the heart:

Motherwort can promote the rapid recovery of local blood microcirculation disorders caused by isoproterenol. Isoproterenol 50 mg/kg was injected subcutaneously to induce myocardial ischemia and necrosis in rats; after 24 hours, the electrocardiograms with depressed T waves and high T waves were selected, and after 4 days, the biphasic T wave electrocardiogram was selected. The animals were treated with motherwort preparations. The results showed that within 1 hour of treatment, the electrocardiograms of most animals returned to normal, indicating that coronary circulation can be improved in early myocardial ischemia (24 hours) and even lesions close to the climax of ischemia and necrosis (4 days).

According to the introduction in the article, we can know what motherwort is. If we have some understanding of the usage and medicinal value of motherwort, we can use it to treat some common diseases. It is very helpful for us to protect our family members. I hope you can understand this.