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[Medicinal Use] The above-ground part of the Lamiaceae herbaceous plant Leonurusheterophyllus Sweet.
[Nature, flavor and meridians] pungent, slightly bitter, slightly cold. Guixin, Liver, Bladder Meridians.
[Efficacy] Promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation, diuresis and swelling, cooling blood and eliminating rash.
[Clinical Application] 1. Used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia, stasis and abdominal pain.
Motherwort is pungent and bitter, and has the functions of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis and regenerating blood. It is an important gynecological and multipartum medicine. It is often used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia and stasis and abdominal pain. It can be taken as a pure ointment or mixed with Angelica sinensis. , Chuanxiong, red peony root and other compatibility applications.
2. Used for edema and difficulty urinating.
Motherwort has diuretic and swelling effects. Nowadays, it is often used clinically for acute and chronic nephritis and edema. It can be taken as a decoction alone, or in combination with Poria cocos, Imperata cognac root, Atractylodes rhizome, Plantago seeds, Morus alba bark, etc.
3. Used for rash, itching, redness and heat
This product is cold in nature and enters the blood. It also has the effect of cooling blood. It can treat rash, itching, redness and heat. It can be used alone, or it can be used together with drugs that cool blood, detoxify, dispel wind and relieve itching.
[Prescription name] Motherwort (wash, dry, and chop into pieces)
[General dosage and usage] Three qian to one liang, decoct and take.
[Additional medicine] Xiweizi: also known as small flax and triangular flax. That is the fruit of Motherwort. Function: activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, cool liver and improve eyesight. It is suitable for symptoms such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, red and swollen eyes, or eye obstruction. The general dosage is one to three qian. If the patient suffers from liver and kidney deficiency or dilated pupils, it should be applied to the nose.
[Note] 1. The name of Yimu Grassland is Changwei. Because it is good at promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, it can treat various blood stasis diseases in women. It is a commonly used medicine in gynecology. It is especially good at treating postpartum lochia, stasis and abdominal pain. It has the effect of removing blood stasis and regenerating blood. It is effective, so it is called the beneficial mother. It can diuresis and reduce swelling, cool blood and reduce rash, and can be used alone; only for nephritis and edema, the dosage needs to be large.
2. “Compendium of Materia Medica” once stated that “fighting against internal damage and blood stasis” has led to the fact that in recent years, traditional Chinese medicine books have mostly believed that it is mainly used to treat bruises and pain, but the commonly used prescriptions and patent medicines are rarely used.
[Examples of prescriptions] Yimu Pills (“Introduction to Medicine”) Motherwort, angelica, red peony root, and costus. Treat irregular menstruation.
This product is the fresh or dried aerial part of the Lamiaceae plant Leonurus japonicus Houtt. The fresh product is harvested from the seedling stage in spring to the early flowering stage in early summer; the dried product is harvested in summer when the stems and leaves are lush and the flowers have not yet bloomed or have just bloomed, and are sun-dried or cut into sections and sun-dried.
【Character】
Fresh motherwort has no stem in the seedling stage, and its basal leaves are round and heart-shaped, with 5 to 9 shallow lobes, and each lobe has 2 to 3 blunt teeth. In the early flowering stage, the stems are square-cylindrical, with many branches on the upper part, and are concave on all sides to form longitudinal grooves. They are 30~60cm long and 0.2~0.5cm in diameter; the surface is green, the texture is fresh and tender, and the middle part of the cross section has pith. The leaves are alternate and opposite, with stalks: the leaves are green, fresh and tender, and have juice when rubbed: the lower stem leaves are hall-shaped with 3 lobes, and the upper leaves are pinnately deeply lobed or shallowly lobed into 3 pieces, and the lobes are entire or have a few serrations. . The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter.
The surface of dried motherwort stems is gray-green or yellow-green; they are light, tough and have a pith in the middle of the cross section. The leaves are gray-green, often shriveled, broken, and easy to fall off. Verticillary inflorescences are axillary, with lavender florets, tubular calyx, and two-lipped corolla. The cut pieces are about 2cm long.
【Identificación】
(1) Cross section of stem of this product: epidermal cells are covered with cuticle and have hairs; glandular scale head has 4, 6 or 8 cells, stalk is single cell; non-glandular hairs have 1 to 4 cells. The subdermal pachycorneocytes are more abundant at the edges and corners. The cortex is composed of serial parenchyma cells: the endodermis is obvious. The pericycle fiber bundles are slightly lignified. Phloem is narrow. The xylem is more developed at the edges and corners. The parenchyma cells in the marrow are larger. The parenchyma cells contain fine calcium oxalate needle crystals and small squares. The parenchyma cells of the cortex near the epidermis of fresh products contain chloroplasts.
(2) Take 10m of the test solution under the item Stachyhydrine Hydrochloride [Content Determination], evaporate to dryness, add 1m of absolute ethanol to the residue to dissolve, centrifuge, and take the supernatant as the test solution (after drying the fresh product Crushed in the same way). Take another Stachydrine Hydrochloride reference substance and add absolute ethanol to make a solution containing 1mg per 1ml as the reference solution. According to the thin layer chromatography (General Chapter 0502) test, absorb 5~10% of each of the above two solutions, and spot them on the same silica gel G thin layer plate. Use acetone-absolute ethanol-hydrochloric acid (10:6:1) as the developing agent. , unfold, take out, dry, heat at 105°C for 15 minutes, let cool, spray with dilute bismuth potassium iodide test solution-ferric chloride test solution (10:1) mixed solution until the spots are clearly colored. In the chromatogram of the test product, spots of the same color appear at the positions corresponding to the chromatogram of the reference substance.
【examine】
The moisture content of dried motherwort must not exceed 13.0% (Second Method of General Rule 0832).
The total ash content of dry motherwort shall not exceed 11.0% (General Rule 2302).
【Extract】
Dried motherwort shall be measured according to the hot soak method under the determination of water-soluble extractables (General Chapter 2201), and shall not be less than 15.0%.
[Content determination] Dried motherwort, stachialine hydrochloride was measured according to high performance liquid chromatography (General Chapter 0512). The chromatographic conditions and system suitability test used propylamide bonded silica gel as the filler; acetonitrile-0.2% glacial acetic acid solution (80 :20) is the mobile phase; detect it with an evaporative light scattering detector. The number of theoretical plates should not be less than 6,000 based on the stacionine hydrochloride peak.
Preparation of reference substance solution: Take an appropriate amount of stacionine hydrochloride reference substance, weigh it accurately, add 70% ethanol to make a solution containing 0.5mg per 1ml, and you have it. Preparation of test solution: Take about 1g of this product powder (passed through No. 3 sieve), weigh it accurately, place it in a stoppered Erlenmeyer flask, add 25ml of 70% ethanol accurately, weigh it, heat to reflux for 2 hours, and let cool. Weigh the weight again, make up for the lost weight with 70% ethanol, shake well, filter, and take the remaining filtrate to get it. Determination method: Precisely absorb 5ul and 10u of the reference solution and 10~20ul of the test solution respectively, inject them into the liquid chromatograph, measure, and calculate using the logarithmic equation of the external standard two-point method to obtain. Calculated as a dry product, this product contains not less than 0.50% stachydrine hydrochloride (C7H13NO,·HCI). Motherwort hydrochloride was determined according to high performance liquid chromatography (General Chapter 0512).
Chromatographic conditions and system suitability test: Use octadecylsilane bonded silica gel as the filler; use acetonitrile-0.4% sodium octane sulfonate in 0.1% phosphoric acid solution (24:76) as the mobile phase; the detection wavelength is 277nm. The number of theoretical plates should not be less than 6,000 based on the peak of motherwort hydrochloride.
Preparation of the reference substance solution: Take an appropriate amount of motherwort hydrochloride reference substance, weigh it accurately, add 70% ethanol to make a solution containing 30ug per 1ml, and you have it. Assay method: Precisely draw 10u each of the reference solution and the test solution under Stachyhydrochloride Hydrochloride (Content Determination), inject them into the liquid chromatograph, and measure. This product is calculated as a dry product, containing Motherwort Hydrochloride (C14H210sN3 ·HCI) shall not be less than 0.050%.
Drinking pieces
[Processed]
Fresh Motherwort Remove impurities and wash quickly.
Remove impurities from dried motherwort, wash quickly, moisten slightly, cut into sections and dry.
【Character】
This product is in irregular segments. The stem is square, concave on all sides to form longitudinal grooves, gray-green or yellow-green. There is white pulp in the middle of the cut surface. The leaves are gray-green, often shriveled and broken. The inflorescences are axillary, with yellow-brown flowers, tubular calyx, and two-lipped corolla. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter.
【Extract】
For the same medicinal materials, it shall not be less than 12.0%.
【Determinación del contenido】
For the same medicinal materials, the content of stachydrine hydrochloride (C7H13NO,·HCI) shall not be less than 0.40%, and the content of motherwort hydrochloride (C14H210çN3·HCI) shall not be less than 0.040%.
【Identificación】
(Except stem cross section)
【examine】
Same medicinal materials.
【Nature, flavor and meridian tropism】
Bitter, pungent, slightly cold. Returns to the liver, pericardium, and bladder meridians.
[Functions and Indications]
Promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation, diuresis and swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, persistent lochia, edema and oliguria, sores, swelling and poison
【Uso y dosificación】
9~30g; fresh product 12~40g.
【Notice】
Pregnant women should use with caution.
【Almacenamiento】
Store dried motherwort in a dry place; store fresh motherwort in a cool, moist place.
Where are the main origins of Motherwort?
Produced in most areas of our country.
Where are the main medicinal parts of Motherwort?
Motherwort medicinal parts:
This product is the fresh or dried aerial part of the Lamiaceae plant Leonurus japonicus Houtt. Characteristics of the medicinal parts of Motherwort:
This product is in irregular segments. The stem is square, concave on all sides to form longitudinal grooves, gray-green or yellow-green. There is white in the middle of the cut surface.
The leaves are gray-green, often shriveled and broken. The inflorescences are axillary, with yellow-brown flowers, tubular calyx, and two-lipped corolla. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter.
How is motherwort recorded in ancient historical books?
“Heritage”: “Mainly addictive rash and itching.
“New Materia Medica”: “Apply the swollen penis and take the juice to make the swollen penis poison disappear internally; if it suddenly dies in the abdomen, it is mainly used for postpartum distension and stuffiness; swelling caused by various poisons, swelling due to red blood vessels; take the juice like a bean and drop it into the ear, it is mainly used for Ping Er: If you are poisoned by snake venom, apply it.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It can be used to treat various diseases before and after childbirth, to promote blood circulation and nourish the blood, and to take it as an ointment for difficult labor.
“Materia Medica Mengquan”: “Remove stillbirths, calm fetuses, remove blood stasis, generate new blood, and treat infantile malnutrition and dysentery.”
“Jingyue Quanshu·Ben Cao Zheng”: ” Motherwort has a slippery and sharp nature, and is good at regulating various syndromes of women’s fetus and childbirth, so it is called beneficial to mothers. However, because of its name of beneficial to mothers, it is said that women must use it.”
Función y eficacia
Motherwort has the functions of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, diuresis and swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying.
What are the main functions and clinical applications of motherwort?
Motherwort is used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, persistent lochia, edema and oliguria, and sores and swollen poison. blood stasis syndrome
To treat amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, and persistent postpartum lochia, the ointment can be taken alone, or combined with Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, and Acostalis;
To treat bruises, bruises, swelling and pain, it can be used with frankincense, myrrh, and Ligusticum chuanxiong.
Edema, oliguria
It can be used alone to treat edema and dysuria due to mutual obstruction of water and blood stasis, or used equally with Imperata cognac and Adenophora adenophora.
Llagas, ántrax, hinchazón y veneno.
It can be used alone for pounding and applying, or it can be used with dandelion or purpurea.
What other benefits does motherwort have?
In my country’s traditional food culture, some Chinese medicinal materials are often widely eaten as food ingredients among the people, that is, substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition (i.e., edible medicinal substances). According to documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, motherwort can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
Commonly used medicinal recipes for motherwort are as follows:
Irregular menstruation, postpartum lochia, functional uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea
Motherwort 50g (fresh product), 2 eggs. Wash the motherwort and boil it with the eggs. After the eggs are cooked, remove the shells and boil them again for a while. 1 dose per day, divided into 2 times to eat egg and drink soup
Postpartum fatigue, abdominal pain, dizziness and irritability, thirst and less food
Motherwort 15g, Rehmannia glutinosa 15g, lotus root juice about 50mL, ginger 6g, millet 50~100g, appropriate amount of honey. First fry motherwort, raw rehmannia glutinosa and ginger to remove residue, add rice and make porridge, add lotus root juice and honey and cook briefly. Take 3 times a day.
Acute nephritis, facial swelling and swollen limbs
Take 30g motherwort, 30g adzuki bean, add 700mL water, simmer over low heat until it reaches 250mL, and take it warmly in 2 times.
What are the compound preparations containing motherwort?
Motherwort tablets/paste/granules/capsules
Promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation. It is used for irregular menstruation and persistent postpartum lochia caused by blood stasis. Symptoms include scanty menstruation, dirty dripping, and prolonged postpartum bleeding. Postpartum uterine insufficiency shows the above syndromes.
Compound Motherwort Capsules
Regulate menstruation, activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis and regenerate. It is used to treat excessive, oligomenorrhea and prolonged menstruation caused by blood stasis, and persistent lochia caused by incomplete uterine involution after childbirth.
Yimu Pills
Promotes qi and blood circulation, regulates menstruation and relieves pain. It is used for low menstrual flow, irregular menstruation, blood clots, lower abdominal pain, painful menstruation, and postpartum lochia caused by qi stagnation and blood.
Bazhen Yimu Pills
Replenishing qi and nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. It is used for irregular menstruation caused by deficiency of Qi and blood combined with blood stasis. Symptoms include irregular menstruation, low menstrual flow, lack of fluids, lack of energy, and physical weakness.
Siwuyimu Pills
Enrich blood, activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation. Used for blood deficiency, blood stagnation and irregular menstruation.
Modern research progress on Motherwort
This product has various pharmacological effects such as regulating the uterus, improving microcirculation, changing blood rheology, inhibiting thrombosis, resisting myocardial ischemia, diuresis, and inhibiting skin fungi.
Preguntas más frecuentes de los pacientes
The efficacy of different processed products
For raw use
· Used for various types of stasis and pain: often used with Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, and red peony root. It has the functions of activating blood circulation, regulating menstruation, and dispelling new growth. It can be used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia, stasis, abdominal pain, and bruises. , blood stasis and pain.
·For acute and chronic nephritis and edema: it can be decoctioned and taken alone, or used with Poria cocos, Imperata cognac root, Atractylodes rhizome, Plantago seed, Morus alba bark, etc. It has diuretic function and can be used for acute and chronic nephritis edema and dysuria.
Preparation (Wine Motherwort)
·It can be used for irregular menstruation, painful blood knots, abdominal symptoms and fatigue, such as Yimu Pills. It is also used for those with lingering lochia and lingering afterbirth, such as motherwort ointment.
Does Motherwort stop bleeding or expel bleeding?
Drain blood. Motherwort is an important medicine for gynecological and menstrual diseases. This product is pungent and bitter, and mainly enters the blood. It is good at activating blood circulation, regulating menstruation, and clearing menstruation. Therefore, Motherwort is a type of excretory medicine.
Blood drugs.
Motherwort is generally used in gynecology, especially for women of childbearing age who have symptoms such as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, and postpartum lochia.
use.
When applying motherwort, it is best to use the medicine under the guidance of a professional doctor and syndrome differentiation, and do not use medicine blindly.
Cómo utilizar
Motherwort has the functions of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, diuresis and swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It can be taken in decoction, boiled water, porridge or soup. But no matter which method is used, it needs to be taken according to the doctor’s instructions.
How to use motherwort correctly?
When motherwort decoction is taken orally, the usual dosage is 9~30g; if fresh product is used, the dosage is 12~40g.
When using motherwort externally, take an appropriate amount of fresh motherwort, mash it and apply it externally.
Motherwort is usually taken in decoction or decoction. It can also be made into powder or pills. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, let alone listen to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
In addition, motherwort can also be used for daily health care. Commonly used methods of consumption are as follows:
·Making tea (motherwort tea): Use 20g of motherwort and 1g of green tea, and soak in water repeatedly. It has the functions of removing stasis and regenerating new energy, activating blood circulation and regulating menstruation, diuresis and reducing swelling.
It is suitable for conditions such as dysmenorrhea, internal damage and congestion, edema, chronic nephritis, irregular menstruation, etc.
Cook porridge (Leonurus, red dates and egg custard): Boil the motherwort first, boil for about 20 minutes, filter out the concoction, then add the red dates to the concoction, beat in the eggs, then cook for ten minutes, eat the eggs, red dates and drink the soup. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, nourishing blood, diuresis and reducing swelling, and is suitable for symptoms such as irregular menstruation.
How to prepare motherwort?
Motherwort: Take the raw medicinal materials, remove impurities such as residual roots and thick stems, soak the lower half slightly, pour water on the upper half, moisten it thoroughly, cut into sections and dry. Wine motherwort: Take the motherwort segment, spray rice wine and mix well, moisten it until it is translucent, put it in a frying pan, heat it over a slow fire, and stir-fry it dry. For every 100kg of motherwort, use 15kg of rice wine.
Which drugs require special attention when used together with motherwort?
The combined use of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and clinical individualized treatment. If you are taking other medications, please consult your doctor before taking these medications and inform your doctor of all diagnosed medical conditions and treatments you are receiving.
Instrucciones de medicación
Motherwort activates blood circulation, so pregnant women should be careful when taking it.
What precautions should be taken when using Motherwort?
Be careful when combined with Akebia and Aristolochia.
·Pregnant women should use with caution.
·Children: Medication for children must be done under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision.
·Conserve los materiales medicinales de forma adecuada y no entregue los materiales medicinales que utiliza a otras personas.
Consejos sobre medicación
Most frequently asked questions by patients Title
The effects and efficacy of Yi Mu Cao Granules
Yi Mu Cao Granules have the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. They are used for menstrual volume, incomplete menstruation, dark menstrual color, blood clots, dysmenorrhea, delayed menstruation, etc. caused by blood stasis. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that this product can promote the contraction of uterine smooth muscle, and has the effects of anticoagulation, analgesia, anti-inflammatory, and improving microcirculation. It is widely used in obstetrics and gynecology.
It is commonly used in patients with blood stasis syndrome such as dysfunctional uterine bleeding, postpartum uterine involution (the uterus cannot return to its pre-pregnancy state after delivery), and uterine bleeding after medical abortion.
Before using this product for treatment, please read the instructions carefully, clarify the drug contraindications, usage and dosage, precautions, etc., and use the medicine strictly in accordance with the instructions or follow the doctor’s advice.
Which one is better for inducing menstruation, Yi Mu Cao Granules or Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan?
Yi Mu Cao Granules
. Yi Mu Cao Granules can improve delayed menstruation and restore the menstrual cycle to normal. To a certain extent, it can be said that it has the effect of inducing menstruation. Motherwort granules have the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. They are used for menstrual volume, poor menstruation, dark menstrual color, blood clots, dysmenorrhea, delayed menstruation, etc. caused by blood stasis. If the menstruation is delayed within 7 days, it is generally normal and does not require medication. If you have delayed menstruation, you should first rule out the possibility of pregnancy. If you are not pregnant and the delay is more than 7 days, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination to clarify the cause and then treat the symptoms.
Wuji Baifeng Pills
· Wuji Baifeng Pills are generally not used as a menstrual stimulant. It is a Chinese patent medicine for replenishing qi and blood, which has the effects of replenishing qi and nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and stopping leukorrhea. It is used for qi and blood deficiency, thin body, sore waist and knees, irregular menstruation, and leukorrhea.
If your menstruation is delayed due to qi and blood deficiency, you can consider using this product for conditioning. Qi and blood deficiency may manifest as fatigue, pale complexion, palpitations, shortness of breath, and thin body.
Chinese medicine emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment. If you are not sure whether you have the syndrome of Qi and blood deficiency, you can use it under the guidance of a professional physician or pharmacist.
Should Yi Mu Cao Granules be taken before or after menstruation?
Patients can start taking the medicine 1 to 2 weeks before menstruation. They can be taken before or after meals. However, if you have stomach discomfort, you can choose to take it after meals to reduce gastrointestinal irritation.
After taking the medicine, pay attention to the white body during menstruation. If the symptoms of dysmenorrhea are relieved but the menstrual volume is still small, you can continue to take it during menstruation. If the dysmenorrhea is relieved and the menstrual volume is normal, then do not take this product during menstruation to avoid excessive bleeding during menstruation. If the symptoms during menstruation have not improved, it means that this product is not suitable for you. You need to communicate with the doctor or go to the hospital for treatment and use the medicine reasonably under the guidance of the doctor.