Common Motherwort or heart

Common Motherwort or heart belongs to the family yasnotkovyh. This is a perennial herb up to 1 5 m with erect, four-sided stems. The lower leaves of Leonurus large quinquepartite, lower - tripartite, green, darker on top. The flowers are purple, sitting in a ring-shaped inflorescences. The fruit consists of four seeded nutlets.

Motherwort growing in central Russia, the Caucasus, Western Siberia, Central Asia, often on vacant lots and garbage dumps. Flowers in June - July.

As medicinal plants collected in the upper part of the beginning of flowering plants, dried in the shade with a slight movement of the air, spreading a thin layer of raw material is stored in dry conditions for three years.

Chemical structure and mechanism of action of motherwort

Grass of Leonurus cardiac contains essential oil Essential oils and conception: can help the roses? , Saponines, tannins, alkaloids, organic acids (malic, tartaric, citric, etc), flavonoids, glycosides, sugar, vitamins (E, C, carotene - vitamin A precursor), and minerals.

Motherwort restores heart rhythm, increases the strength of cardiac contractions, have a calming, lowers blood pressure, antispasmodic (relieves spasm of smooth muscles of internal organs and blood vessels), anticonvulsant and a slight diuretic effect. For external use motherwort has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect. Due to the fact that the normal condition of the nervous system, in some cases the restored normal menstrual cycle, improves digestion. Motherwort strengthens the effects of sleeping pills and painkillers.

In folk medicine used infusions and tinctures motherwort. The pharmacy can also be purchased motherwort tincture prepared industrially.

Indications and contraindications for the use of tincture of Leonurus

Inside motherwort tincture is recommended:

• as a sedative with increased nervous excitability (neuroses, milder forms of epilepsy, insomnia);
• functional (without disturbing the structure) disorders of the cardiovascular system - vegetative-vascular dystonia, transient elevations of blood pressure and so on;
• as an adjunct in the treatment of severe diseases of the cardiovascular system - hypertension, Cardiosclerosis, angina pectoris, myocarditis, congestive heart failure;
• in the complex therapy in the treatment of menstrual disorders, menopausal syndrome, uterine bleeding Uterine bleeding outside of menstruation - a sign of a serious breach ;
• as part of an integrated treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• in the complex therapy of some endocrine disorders (for example, increased thyroid function);
• as part of an integrated treatment of impotence Impotence - a female perspective on the problem , Prostatic adenoma Adenoma of the prostate - how to help a man? ;
• as a diuretic agent for the treatment of cardiovascular and renal diseases.

Outwardly motherwort is used in the form of infusions for the healing of wounds, burns and frostbite.

Side effects when taking motherwort tincture may appear as allergic reactions and disorders of the chair.

How to cook at home, and the right to make a tincture of Leonurus

Tincture motherwort available over the counter, but you can cook and himself. To do this, a tablespoon of chopped dry grass Leonurus pour a glass of 70% alcohol, insist in a dark place for 10 days, filter. A clear liquid greenish-brown color, which take 30-50 drops 3-4 times a day before meals.

Motherwort - Attorneys experience is a folk remedy for centuries treatment of functional disorders of the nervous system. Today it is produced in the form of various dosage forms, including in the form of tincture. Tincture motherwort relieves emotional stress and improves sleep.

The mechanism of action of tincture of Leonurus

Motherwort tincture is an alcohol extract from the dried and chopped herbs Leonurus. Grass of Leonurus contains many biologically active substances have a calming (sedative) effect on the central nervous system. This essential oil, bioflavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, glycosides, vitamins, minerals and others.

Positive stabilizing effect pustyrnika extends to the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which innervate the internal organs and blood vessels. As a result of impaired under the influence of the ANS internal organs recovered. For example, the symptoms are cardioneurosis - lasted long heartache Pain in the heart - always consult a doctor   and vegetative-vascular dystonia - constantly changing blood pressure.

The presence of a small amount of motherwort tincture provides glycosides cardiotonic action: increased strength and decreased heart rate.

Indications and contraindications for appointment

The main indication for the use of tincture of motherwort are functional disorders of the nervous system - neurosis. Neuroses develop under the influence of high emotional stress, and stress. If nervousness disturbed physical and mental activity, the overall performance, sleep, social adaptation. When a moderate course of neuroses motherwort tincture can be taken alone for 30-50 drops three times a day for at least three weeks - only through this period manifests the main therapeutic effect that after the course of treatment lasts a month.

Neurotic disorders often occur against the backdrop of long flowing chronic diseases of internal organs, skin, nervous system, and so on. Such disorders also require sedation, and tincture of motherwort in such cases is fine.

Neurotic disorders often occur against the background of hormonal changes. For example, some women with an excess of female hormones estrogen and progesterone deficiency develops a disorder of the menstrual cycle as premenstrual syndrome (PMS). PMS is manifested by irritability Irritability - you try to control my temper , Uncontrolled aggression, sleep disturbances, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain during the second half of the menstrual cycle. The use of tincture of motherwort can reduce the symptoms of PMS and improve the overall condition of the woman.

Effective tincture motherwort Tincture motherwort - mild sedative   and during menopause, when hormonal changes and - reduced content of female sex hormones in the blood. This is manifested neurotic disorders and disorders of the vegetative nervous system in the form of flares and the upper half of the body, insomnia, abnormal operation. Admission motherwort tincture of treatment can significantly alleviate the condition of patients.

Disorders of the ANS can manifest itself in the form of permanent blunt or sharp debilitating pain in the heart. In a study of patients with no objective change of heart is not revealed. In this case one speaks of cardioneurosis at which relieves pain sedatives including motherwort.

Motherwort can improve the condition of patients with initial stages of hypertension, while sometimes one motherwort, diet and the correct mode for the blood pressure has stabilized. In the later stages of motherwort it is part of the comprehensive treatment of patients.

Contraindications motherwort tincture is the idiosyncrasy of the body of the patient the drug. It is undesirable to take the tincture motherwort pregnant women, nursing mothers and children, since it is composed of alcohol.

Side effects and overdose

Tincture motherwort is generally well tolerated, but sometimes it can cause lethargy and drowsiness, so during the course of treatment it is not necessary to control the car.

In overdose tincture motherwort its side effects are enhanced, there are severe weakness, headache, dizziness, palpitations, abdominal pain Abdominal pain: Types and Symptoms . In this case, wash the stomach to take a few tablets of activated charcoal, and if the condition does not improve, call an ambulance.

Motherwort Tincture - a drug that may be included in the family pharmacy kit.

Galina Romanenko