Motherwort - general description
Motherwort - This is the name of a whole genus of biennial or perennial plants of the family Lamiaceae. The plant can be short up to 30 cm, but sometimes it reaches two meters in height. All plants of this genus are characterized by a straight tetrahedral trunk, in rare cases branched. The leaves of the plant have cuttings. At the base of the plant are the largest leaves, reaching 15 cm in length. As you approach the apex, the leaves become smaller and less carved.
Motherwort blooms with small purple flowers collected in spike-shaped intermittent inflorescences. Flowering continues throughout the summer. The fruits of the plant are 4 nuts, ranging in size from 2 to 3 mm, enclosed in a spiny cup. The sharp teeth of this cup bite into the hair of animals and people's clothing. Thus, motherwort is spreading to new territories.
Motherwort is used as a medicinal plant (shaggy and hearty), but in addition it is also used for cooking. For example, cabbage soup is prepared from it. Motherwort is a honey plant. Motherwort honey has a light golden color, a pleasant aroma and a special taste.
Motherwort - types and places of growth
Two types of motherwort are considered medicinal: motherwort shaggy (five-lobed) and motherwort heart. They consider Central Asia to be the homeland of the plant, although Eastern Europe also has every reason to claim this role. After all, motherwort is found almost everywhere, with the exception of deserts and permafrost zones. In the European part, motherwort can be found growing near fences and hedges, on the edges or along a country road, in wastelands and in meadows.
Motherwort - healing properties
Motherwort also uses official medicine. Its medicinal properties are widely recognized. It has sedative properties. Valerian has a similar effect. Motherwort is used to treat cardiovascular disease. Unlike many drugs of official medicine, it does not provoke side effects. Using motherwort they treat epilepsy, thrombosis, bazedovoy disease, intestinal disorders and gastric diseases. Used in the early stages of hypertension.
Motherwort - dosage forms
The grass of two medicinal species of motherwort (shaggy and heart) is harvested during the flowering period of the plant. It is necessary to take only the upper part of the plant. Use it in dried form. It is better to dry the plant in bundles, hanging them under awnings. For good drying, direct sunlight and humidity should be avoided.
Due to its essential oils, alkaloids, tannins and other medicinal substances, motherwort herb is healing and is used as an infusion, tincture, extract.
Motherwort - recipes
With nervous excitability, in the early stages of hypertension, with cardiovascular neurosis, use motherwort infusion. An infusion is prepared at the rate of 15 grams of herb per 1 glass of water. Take a tablespoon up to four times a day before meals.
Motherwort is used by Bulgarian phytotherapists as an additional tool to help relieve the convulsive state in patients with epilepsy. Recipe for infusion: 2 tablespoons of the aboveground flowering part of the plant must be filled with 200 ml of boiled cold water. Insist 8 hours. The resulting dose should be consumed within one day. Another version of the infusion: 2 tablespoons of the same crushed raw materials can withstand 2 hours, pour half a liter of boiling water. The resulting drink is taken in a glass 4 times a day before meals.
Motherwort can help in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis with normal or increased pancreatic secretion. You should use 2 tablespoons of the mixture, which in equal doses includes motherwort (herb), St. John's wort (herb) and peppermint leaves. This mixture should be filled with half a liter of boiling water and insisted for half an hour. Warm, strained infusion should be drunk 70 ml three times a day. Half an hour after taking, you need to eat. The course of admission is 2 weeks.
With heart defects, motherwort is taken in the form of infusion. One tablespoon of raw materials should be filled with 200 ml of boiling water. Take in a cooled, but warm form three times a day (sugar can be added) 50 ml.
Pharmaceutical tincture of motherwort 30-50 drops up to 4 times a day is drunk with neurosis, chorea, brain concussion, vegetovascular dystonia, convulsions. With uterine bleeding, motherwort grass is brewed in the form of tea and drunk.
Motherwort - contraindications
When taking the most useful herbs, you can not self-medicate. Motherwort is able to cause an allergic reaction and have individual contraindications for use.
Motherwort-based drugs can stimulate uterine muscle contraction, so they should not be taken either by pregnant women or those who have recently had an abortion. Motherwort can cause bleeding.
For those who suffer from arterial hypotension, bradycardia, a stomach ulcer and erosive gastritis, motherwort is contraindicated.
Everyone whose work is associated with increased concentration of attention, taking motherwort is not recommended, because it causes drowsiness.
Treatment for thrombosis and thrombophlebitis is carried out only under the supervision of a doctor.
If you exceed the recommended doses of use, you may experience pain throughout the body, vomiting, stool with blood and thirst.
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