What is the effect of eating motherwort after childbirth?

In daily life, most girls are familiar with motherwort. It is mainly used to treat gynecological diseases, regulate irregular menstruation, poor qi and blood, and is very helpful for dysmenorrhea before and after menstruation, pale complexion, and frequent menstruation. However, many postpartum mothers also choose to eat motherwort after giving birth. So do you know what the effect of eating motherwort after giving birth is! Which women are more suitable to eat motherwort?

1 Used to treat gynecological diseases Motherwort is an important medicine for treating gynecological diseases. Residual placenta or fetal membrane tissue in the uterus after childbirth, incomplete uterine reduction, retained lochia, uterine inflammation, etc. all fall under the category of blood stasis in traditional Chinese medicine. Motherwort is pungent and slightly cold in nature and can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It is an important medicine for treating gynecological diseases caused by blood stasis.

The active ingredient of motherwort that can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which can excite the uterus and enhance its function, is leonurine. Experimental studies have found that motherwort has a significant contraction and excitatory effect on the uterus. For example, when motherwort decoction is applied to the isolated uterus of animals, whether the animal is pregnant or not, in early or late pregnancy, or in the postpartum uterus, an excitatory effect is produced at a concentration of 1:500 to 1:1000, which is manifested as increased uterine tension, increased contraction amplitude, and accelerated rhythm.

Clinically, Leonurus japonicus is used alone or in combination to treat various blood stasis disorders in obstetrics and gynecology, with definite effects and therapeutic effects. It is a routine practice for women to take Leonurus japonicus decoction after childbirth.

2. Diuresis and swelling reduction for the treatment of kidney disease

The diuretic and detumescent effect of motherwort is manifested in its ability to improve and increase renal blood flow, repair and regenerate lesions in the glomeruli or renal tubules, reverse renal fibrosis, eliminate inflammatory lesions and protein in the urine, and restore kidney function. There are many reports on the clinical use of Leonurus japonicus decoction alone to treat acute glomerulonephritis, with a total of more than 300 cases. The specific method is to decoct motherwort in water and take it for 10 days as a course of treatment. Generally, the disease can be cured in 2 to 3 courses of treatment.

3. Used to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

The mechanism of motherwort's blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing effects is through improving blood rheology and improving the concentration, viscosity, coagulation and aggregation of blood. Motherwort has anti-ischemic and anti-anginal effects. Motherwort has a protective effect on experimental myocardial ischemia in animals caused by isoproterenol and vasopressin. Experiments have shown that this protective effect is related to increased coronary flow, improved microcirculation, and increased myocardial nutritional blood flow.

Motherwort can resist experimental myocardial infarction and has a protective effect on experimental myocardial infarction caused by ligation of the anterior branch of the coronary artery in animals; it can reduce the area of ​​infarction, alleviate the severity of lesions, and reduce the amount of myocardial cell necrosis.

It has a good protective effect on the ultrastructure of cardiomyocytes, especially mitochondria. In addition, it can shorten the length of the thrombus and reduce the dry and wet weight of the thrombus. This function is related to the pharmacological effect of motherwort in improving blood rheology. Improve blood rheology, and the concentration, coagulation and aggregation state of blood can be improved.

Clinically, significant results are often achieved in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases using Leonurus japonicus alone or in combination with other drugs. For example, Motherwort is used together with Cockspur, Prunella Vulgaris, Alisma orientalis, etc. to treat hypertension and cerebral arteriosclerosis.

It has a significant antihypertensive effect and can improve cerebral arteriosclerosis. There are dozens of clinical reports on the use of Leonurus herb injection plus 5% glucose saline intravenous drip to treat angina pectoris and myocardial infarction caused by coronary heart disease. Except for a few cases that were ineffective, the electrocardiograms of the remaining cases showed significant improvement.

The effect of motherwort combined with Chuanxiong, safflower, and earthworms in treating sequelae of cerebral stroke is also quite significant.

What are the benefits of eating motherwort after childbirth? First of all, motherwort itself has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and activating menstruation, so it is not recommended to be eaten after childbirth. There is no menstruation after childbirth, and eating motherwort during this period right after giving birth will damage the body. The main effects of motherwort are to treat gynecological diseases, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and it has a protective effect on kidney disease and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.