Motherwort (Yet Mo Juo) (Yi muc ao)
Botanical Name: Leonurus heterophyllus
Common Name: Motherwort
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing
Part Used : The entire plant is gathered in late
Summer, when it is flowering. It is then dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste: Pungent, bitter and slightly cold
Meridians: Heart, liver and urinary bladder
Functions:
1. To invigorate blood and move stagnation;
2.
To promote urination and reduce edema
Indications:
1. Blood stagnation manifested as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea,
amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain and swelling and pain due to external
injuries.
2. Dysuria or edema.
Dosage: 10-15 g
25 fresh seeds $3.50