Motherwort is a medicinal plant with a wide range of medicinal properties. In folk and traditional medicine use a decoction, tincture and infusion of this plant. Drugstore sold dried herb leaves, as well as alcohol tincture and tablets.
Action of motherwort
Preparations from the motherwort have a mild diuretic, antispasmodic effect, increase the strength of the heart contractions and normalize its rhythm. Motherwort is used as a sedative with a pronounced sedative and hypotensive effect (lowers arterial pressure). Beneficially affects this plant on the organs of the digestive tract, and also helps to normalize the menstrual cycle.
Indications for the use of the motherwort
Preparations on the basis of Leonurus are prescribed for:
- neurasthenia;
- cardiosclerosis;
- epilepsy;
- hysteria;
- myocarditis;
- angina pectoris ;
- heart failure;
- endometritis;
- uterine bleeding;
- climacteric syndrome;
- insomnia;
- adenoma;
- impotence;
- inflammation of the large intestine.
Also, motherwort is drunk from hanging pressure (1 and 2 stage of hypertension) and as a diuretic.
How to take a motherwort?
- Tincture of motherwort on alcohol is drunk three times a day, adhering to a dosage of 30-50 drops.
- Infusion of grass is taken before meals three times a day for a spoonful. Preparing the preparation as follows: 200 ml of boiling water is poured dry raw materials (15 g). Insist means can be in a thermos or cup. Holding time - 20 minutes, then infusion
filter. - Decoction of Leonurus take 100 ml before each meal. For preparation take 1 spoon of dry raw material, pour 250 ml of water. The product is boiled in a water bath for 40 minutes, cooled, filtered.
Who is contraindicated by the mother-in-law?
Admission of the above described drugs is not allowed when:
- bradycardia (delayed heart rhythm);
- arterial hypotension (low blood pressure);
- breastfeeding and pregnancy;
- erosive gastritis of the stomach.
Motherwort influences the management of complex mechanisms, including transport, as it reduces the focus of attention.