Motherwort Labiatae Leonurus the whole plant. Year or biennial herb, summer flowering. Born in the wild wasteland, ridge, lawn, etc. Most parts of the country are distributed. In the summer, picking flowers flourished when not fully open. Contains Leonurine, Stachydrine, motherwort given other alkaloids and benzoic acid, large amounts of potassium chloride, lauric acid, vitamins and other flavonoids. Edible effect: taste hard, cold. Blood, Stasis, menstruation, elimination of water. Treatment of women, irregular menstruation, Tailou dystocia, afterbirth high, postpartum blood halo, bleeding, abdominal pain, collapse in the leave out, hematuria, blood spilled, carbuncles sore.

Motherwort dry ground is commonly used Chinese medicine, raw with or Aogao use. Seed Chong Wei said the child, but also into the medicinal.
Chinese medicine believes that motherwort bitter, acrid, slightly cold, into the heart, liver, bladder, have the following effects: blood menstruation: Taiqian for women postpartum various diseases. This product is the darling Blood, acrid bitter vent lines, blood menstruation, blood stasis and relieve pain, Gynecological by the middle to the drug, so there Yimu said. Multi-purpose cure blood stasis amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, the line of poor, no less postpartum lochia, postpartum abdominal pain. Water swelling: used to treat edema urination. This product has a diuretic swelling of the power, but also because of its role in promoting blood circulation, water transimpedance stasis edema particularly suitable. Gas, blood, water, three phase because often the disease and edema, blood can be beneficial to the water line, so the product can be used heals, urination, especially with the Blood-related edema. Its meaning and Vaccaria, Achyranthes, Zeeland similar. Modern with treatment of acute and chronic nephritis edema, alone or with Erling, Alisma, Plantago, Imperatae like.

Motherwort less blood deficiency were hanged. When processed, should be soaked in water, so as not to affect the efficacy.