Motherwort: Materia Medica
Motherwort
Botanical name: Leonorus cardiaca
Pertinent Information on the Plant
- Emmenagogue (agent that regulates and induces normal menstruation)
- Suppressed menstruation
- Female disorders
- Relieving menstruation cramps
- Menopause (water retention, hot flashes, M=mood swings)
- Aids in child birth
- Heart tonic
- Heart palpitations
- Add to cough formula when someone has bad heart
- Add to asthma formula when someone has a bad heart
- Nervine relaxant (calm nervous tension and nourish the nervous system)
- Sedative (exerts a soothing, tranquilizing effect on the body)
- Antispasmodic (calming nervous and muscular spasms or convulsions)
- Hepatic (having to do with the liver)
- May be used to alleviate false labor pains
- Diuretic (increases flow of urine)
- Carminative (causing the release of stomach or intestinal gas)
- Antioxidant (prevents or inhibits oxidation)
- Fevers
- Stomach aches
Habitat and Growing area
- Found on our farm in Ontario Canada
- Likes to grow in disturbed ground; pasture land and fence line
Extra Notes
- A beautiful addition to heart tonic tea and menstruation teas
Reference Books:
Holistic Herbal, by David Hoffmann
Pages: 26, 27, 28, 38, 39, 65, 78. 99, 101, 104, 144-147, 183, 215
The Way of Herbs, by Michael Tierra
Pages: 158-159
The Complete Encyclopedia of Herbs, by Nico Vermeulen
Pages: 168
Family Herbal, by Rosemary Gladstar
Pages: 203, 205, 228, 261, 295, 350
Peterson Field Guide: Easter/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs, by Steven Foster and James A. Duke
Pages: 182, 183