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Common motherwort is one of the plants of the family called labiates, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Leonurus cordiaca L. As for the name of the motherwort family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Lamiaceae Lindl. (Labiatae Juss.).
Description of motherwort ordinary
Motherwort ordinary or heartwort is a perennial herb, endowed with a tetrahedral, bare or hairy stem exclusively along the ribs, which will be branched, and the height of such a stem will fluctuate between fifty and one hundred and fifty centimeters. The leaves of this plant are petiolate, slightly pubescent, while from below they will be painted in light green tones, and from above such tones will be dark green. The lower leaves of the motherwort ordinary will be ovoid in shape, rounded, five-lobed, at the very base they will be heart-shaped. The middle leaves of this plant can be either elongated-elliptical or lanceolate with elongated toothed lobes. The upper leaves of the common motherwort are either whole with two forward-facing teeth, or three-lobed. The flowers of this plant will be small in size and irregular in shape, they are in multi-flowered rings located at the very tops of the shoots, and such flowers are light pink in color.
The flowering of motherwort ordinary falls on the period from June to July. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Moldova, the European part of Russia, Ukraine, as well as the Amur region in the Far East. For growth, this plant prefers places along the roads, shrubs and garbage places. It should be noted that common motherwort is a poisonous plant: for this reason, it is recommended to be extremely careful when handling this plant.
Description of the medicinal properties of motherwort ordinary
Motherwort ordinary is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for therapeutic purposes it is recommended to use the leafy flowering tops of this plant, the length of which will be about thirty to forty centimeters. It is recommended to harvest such medicinal raw materials exclusively in dry weather throughout the entire flowering period of this plant.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties is recommended to be explained by the content of flavonoids, iridoids, diterpenoid, cardenolides and stachydride alkaloid in the composition of this plant. In the aerial part of the common motherwort, saponins, essential oil, tannins, diterpenoid leocardine, ascorbic acid and the alkaloid stachydrin will be present.
The preparations created on the basis of this plant are endowed with cardiotonic, sedative, diuretic and anticonvulsant effects. It is noteworthy that it has been experimentally proven that preparations based on motherwort ordinary will have a sedative effect on the central nervous system several times stronger than valerian tincture.
The extract, infusion and tincture based on the herb of this plant are recommended for use as a very effective sedative for angina pectoris, hypertension and neuroses. Practical medicine uses medicinal products prepared on the basis of motherwort ordinary for psychasthenia, neurasthenia and vegetative-vascular dystonia, and is also used during the climatic period for various functional disorders of the central nervous system. It is noteworthy that as part of the collection, this plant is used throughout pregnancy in order to improve the activity of the excretory and digestive systems.
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