- Botanical Name: Leonorus cardiaca
- Common Name(s): Motherwort
- Habitat and Growing area:
- Found on our farm in Ontario Canada
- Likes to grow in disturbed ground; pasture land and fence line
- Pertinent Information on the Plant:
- Emmenagogue (agent that regulates and induces normal menstruation)
- Suppressed menstruation
- Female disorders
- Relieving menstruation cramps
- Menopause (Water retention, Hot flashes, Mood swings)
- Aid in child birth
- Heart tonic
- Heart palpitations
- Add to cough formula when someone has bad heart
- Add to asthma formula when someone has a bad heart
- Nervine relaxant (calm nervous tension and nourish the nervous system)
- Sedative (exerts a soothing, tranquilizing effect on the body)
- Antispasmodic (calming nervous and muscular spasms or convulsions)
- Hepatic (having to do with the liver)
- May be used to alleviate false labour pains
- Diuretic (increases flow of urine)
- Carminative (causing the release of stomach or intestinal gas)
- Antioxident (prevents or inhibits oxidation)
- Fevers
- Stomach aches
Cautionary
- Some say to avoid during pregnancy, consult with a Registered Herbalist
- Your personal experience with the plant. Include your personal experience of tasting it and its effect on you.
- Have wildcrafted and made tinctures for years
- A beautiful addition in my heart tonic tea and menstruation teas
- Motherwort loves to grow along my old rail fences in the horses paddock. It’s my favourite place to pick for a cup of evening Motherwort tea!
- The reference books used, author, page
Holistic Herbal
David Hoffmann
Pages 26, 27, 28, 38, 39, 65, 78. 99, 101, 104, 144-147, 183, 215
The way of Herbs
Michael Tierra
Pages 158-159
The complete Encyclopedia of Herbs
Nico Vermeulen
Pages 168
Family Herbal
Rosemary Gladstar
Pages 203, 205, 228, 261, 295, 350
Peterson Field Guide
Easter/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Steven Foster and James A. Duke
Pages 182, 183
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