Menstruation is a normal physiological reaction that only occurs in women. However, women may have conditions such as uterine coldness, which will indirectly lead to menstrual problems, such as amenorrhea or irregular menstruation. In this case, many women will try to remedy the situation by taking various Chinese herbal medicines and folk remedies. Some people say that motherwort can induce menstruation. So, can eating motherwort induce menstruation? Motherwort, also known as: Leonurus artemisia, Leonurus artemisia, Leonurus artemisia (Laur.)SY Hu F is a plant of the Lamiaceae family and the genus Leonurus, which blooms in summer. Its dried aerial parts are commonly used in Chinese medicine. They are produced in most parts of China and are used raw or in the form of paste. It is an annual or biennial herb distributed in most parts of the country, growing in mountains, wastelands, ridges, grasslands, etc. Pick them in the summer when they are lush and the flowers are not fully bloomed. It tastes pungent and cool, and can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate menstruation, and eliminate water. It is used to treat irregular menstruation, fetal leakage and dystocia, retained placenta, postpartum blood loss, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, metrorrhagia, hematuria, hematuria, carbuncles and ulcers. Motherwort has the effects of diuresis, swelling reduction and uterine contraction, and is an important medicine used by doctors of all dynasties to treat gynecological diseases. The whole plant of motherwort can be used as medicine. The active ingredient is leonuri. Motherwort contains leonuri, stachypine, leonuri, and motherwort. Various biological alkaloids such as benzoic acid, potassium chloride, etc. Motherwort preparations have the effect of stimulating the uterus of animals. Similar to posterior pituitary hormone, motherwort extracts and decoctions have a strong and lasting stimulating effect on the uterus, not only enhancing its contraction force, but also increasing its tension and contraction rate. Motherwort has no effect on inducing menstruation. There are many reasons for women's absence or delayed menstruation, such as mental factors, mood swings, environmental changes, pregnancy, age, disease, medication, and nutritional status. Motherwort is a blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine. Women with light menstrual flow can eat motherwort, but it has no obvious effect on delayed or absent menstruation. |
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