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Motherwort
Common Name | Motherwort |
Genus / Species | Leonurus cardiaca |
Part Used | Herb |
Energetics | Bitter, spicy, slightly cold |
Meridians | Pericardium, liver |
Active Constituents | Alkaloids, including L-stachydrine Iridoids, including leonurine Diterpenes Flavonoids Caffeic acid Tannins Resin Potassium |
Medicinal Uses | Nervous cardiac disorders Thyroid hyperfunction Sedative Hypotensive Cardiac tonic Antispasmodic |