Analysis:

motherwort herb

The aerial parts of Leonurus japonicus, a medicinal plant of Labiatae.

Sexual taste, pungent meridian tropism, slightly bitter and slightly cold. Heart, liver and bladder meridians.

Efficacy: promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, cooling blood and eliminating rash.

Clinical application 1. Used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, etc.

Motherwort is an essential medicine for regulating menstruation in gynecology, which has the functions of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis and promoting regeneration. Commonly used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia and abdominal pain due to blood stasis. It can be used alone, or combined with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Radix Paeoniae Rubra.

2. Used for edema and dysuria.

Motherwort has the function of diuresis and detumescence. At present, it is commonly used in clinic for acute and chronic nephritis edema, and can be taken by decoction, used alone, or used together with Poria, Lalang Grass Rhizome, Atractylodes macrocephala, Plantaginis Semen and Mori Cortex.

3. Used for rash, itching and red fever.

This product is colder than blood and has the effect of cooling blood. It can treat rash, itching and red heat, and can be used alone or together with drugs for cooling blood and detoxifying, expelling wind and relieving itching.

The prescription is motherwort (washed, dried and chopped)

General dosage and usage: Take one or two tablets of San Qian and decoct in water.

Adjuvant: motherwort, also known as cogoma and fenugreek flaxseed. That is, the fruit of motherwort. Function of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, cooling liver and improving eyesight. It is suitable for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, red eyes, swelling and pain or cataract. Generally speaking, it costs one yuan to go to San Qian. In the case of liver and kidney deficiency, patients with dilated pupils should use their noses.

Note: 1. Motherwort, formerly known as regulating stomach, is good at promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, and can treat all kinds of women's blood stasis. It is commonly used in gynecology, especially for treating postpartum lochia, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, which has the effect of removing blood stasis and promoting tissue regeneration, so it is beneficial to the mother's name. It can also induce diuresis to reduce swelling, cool blood and eliminate rash, and can be used alone; Only used for nephritis edema, the dosage needs to be large.

2. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Ceng Yun can advocate "beating internal injuries to remove blood stasis", so that in recent years, most Chinese medicine books think that it is mainly used to treat traumatic injuries, while commonly used prescriptions and Chinese patent medicines are rarely used.

Examples of prescriptions are Mu Yi Pill (drug introduction), Leonurus japonicus, Angelica sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Radix Aucklandiae. Treat irregular menstruation.