Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.18-07-2008

Common motherwort

Plant names
English Common motherwort, Motherwort, Motherworth
Latin Leonurus cardiaca Linne, Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca
Plant partsFlowering plant
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Abdominal cramp, Abdominal trouble, Aids digestion, Anticonvulsant, Antidiarrheic, Antiepileptic, Anxiety disorders, Arrhytmia, Asthmatic, Astringent, blood formation, cardiac, cardiac atony, cardiac conditions, Carminative, cholesterol in blood vessels, circulation problems, formation of mucus, good for the stomach, hemorrhoids, Hypertension, migraine, nervous breathlessness, Nervous complaints of heart, nervous heart, prostate, pulmonary tuberculosis, regulate blood pressure, regulate heartbeat, relaxes the nervous system, sleeplessness, sluggish stomach, sweatinducing, Tonic, weak nerves
Women's diseases All women's diseases, Amenorrhea, climacteric, contracts uterus after birth, Difficult menstruation, hastens childbirth, maternity care, menopausal disorders, regularise periods
Homoeopathically uses homoeopathically use, angina pectoris, regulate blood pressure, regulate heartbeat
Foods culinary herb, tea substitute
Other uses colouring
Contents
 3-Octanol, alkaloid, Alpha-Humulene, Alpha-Pinene, ascorbic acid, benz-Aldehyde, Beta-Pinene, bitter essence, bitter glycoside, Calcium, Cardiac glycoside, Caryophyllene, Catechin, Choline, citric acid, essential oil, Fat, flavonoid, Glucoside, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, leonurine, limonene, Linalol, Malic acid, marrubiin, Oleanolic-Acid, Organic acids, phosphoric acid, Potassium, Proteins, Quercetin, Quercitrin, resin, rutin, Saponins, stachydrine, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, tartaric acid, Ursolic-Acid, vitamin-e

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