"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that Leonurus japonicus can promote blood circulation, break blood, regulate menstruation and detoxify, and has special effects on women's retention of fetal membranes, metrorrhagia and bleeding, internal injuries from falls, blood stasis and constipation.
In fact, Li Shizhen's record on the efficacy of motherwort has been basically improved, while modern Chinese medicine has perfected the efficacy of motherwort as medicine by taking its essence and discarding its dross according to the theories of past dynasties.
According to the theory of modern Chinese medicine, motherwort is pungent, slightly bitter and cold, which mainly has the functions of "clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling".
1, Leonurus japonicus is good at promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Pungent taste has the effect of dispersing blood, so motherwort is good at dispersing blood. For all kinds of blood stasis, motherwort can often play a very good role in promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging meridians and activating collaterals.
Blood stasis symptoms are more common in women, such as menstrual disorder, amenorrhea pain, fetal membrane retention, etc., which are mostly caused by blood stasis.
In order to avoid this blood stasis syndrome, the ancients often let women eat motherwort cream for health preservation, which is simple, convenient and economical.
At present, people's economic and medical conditions are good. Motherwort is often used in combination with Angelica sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Codonopsis, Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Rhizoma Cyperi. It can effectively help women to relieve the symptoms of blood stasis and qi stagnation, and also has a good effect on common menstrual diseases of women.
2. Motherwort can clear away heat and detoxify.
Motherwort is not only pungent, but also bitter and cold. Bitter and cold medicine can play the role of clearing heat and detoxifying, and motherwort naturally has the role of clearing heat and detoxifying when used as medicine.
In addition, motherwort is pungent in nature and has the power of penetration and dispersion, so it can also play the role of detoxification, detumescence, rash penetration and itching relief for sores, itching and swelling caused by heat toxin.
When the skin is slightly red and swollen and boils, the ancients directly smashed fresh motherwort for external application; If the skin is itchy and painful with a rash, you can also take the decoction orally and wash it externally, and the effect of penetrating the rash and relieving itching is also very good; When bitten by insects and snakes in the wild, the ancients also used motherwort for first aid, and the detoxification effect was also good.
Some modern cosmetics have also absorbed the essence of traditional Chinese medicine. Adding the effective components of Leonurus japonicus into the mask can also eliminate acne and pox virus on the skin surface.
3. Motherwort can induce diuresis and reduce swelling.
In addition to the above functions, motherwort can also effectively help others benefit from moisture and dehumidification. It's just that the diuretic effect of Leonurus japonicus is weaker than that of some other professional medicinal materials, so it often needs to be used in combination.
For example, damp-heat stranguria caused by damp-heat accumulation in lower energizer is often used with Leonurus japonicus, Imperata rhizome and Plantago asiatica in traditional Chinese medicine.
The kidney is dirty with water, which can adjust the balance of water and liquid. When the kidney is sick, it is often accompanied by edema. Motherwort is a commonly used medicine in treating edema caused by renal inflammation in ancient times. It is used in combination with Houttuynia cordata, Plantago asiatica, Rubia and Hedyotis diffusa. And the effect of diuresis and detumescence is also very good.