Can motherwort remove spots? How to use it?

Female friends may know more about motherwort, because it is very helpful for female friends in conditioning, especially for dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation. Motherwort can also help remove freckles, but many people don’t know how to use it.

1. Spring in the north is dry and windy , and many people suffer from dry faces, which is a big worry for those who love beauty. Is there any ancient recipe that can moisturize the face? In Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is a record of a secret recipe called "Mucuna Zemian Recipe" that was once used by the Tang Emperor Wu Zetian for beauty care. It is said that this recipe, taken internally and applied externally, can moisturize the face, remove facial dark spots, improve skin tone, and reduce wrinkles.

2. Motherwort, also known as Artemisia leonurus and Kuncao, is bitter, pungent and slightly cold in nature. It enters the liver and pericardium meridians and has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. The recipe states that on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year, collect motherwort with all its roots and sprouts intact, wash, dry, cook, and sieve, then add water to make it into an egg-sized ball, place it on fire and burn it slightly. After burning, the ball becomes white and fine, place it in a container and grind it into powder for later use. Use it to wash your face to make your face as white as jade. You can also directly use motherwort with a little ginseng, pearl, angelica, Panax notoginseng, etc. to make it into fine powder, mix it with milk or egg white, and apply it on your face after cleansing. Long-term use can also play a role in whitening and removing freckles. You may wish to give it a try.

[Beauty effects of Motherwort] It activates blood, clears heat, detoxifies and removes dampness, and removes freckles.

[Beauty methods of motherwort]

1. Used for skin pruritus and eczema: This product is bitter and slightly cold in nature, and has the functions of invigorating blood, clearing heat, detoxifying and removing dampness. For the treatment of skin rashes and eczema, the decoction can be used alone for external washing, or the fresh product can be mashed and applied externally. It can also be used together with Kochia scoparia, Dictamni, and Sophora flavescens.

2. Used for facial spots: This product is bitter, pungent and has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. For the treatment of facial spots, it can be used alone, or used in combination with liver-soothing and blood-activating drugs such as bupleurum, cyperus rotundus, and curcuma, or used in combination with blood-tonifying, blood-activating and menstruation-regulating drugs such as angelica, white peony root, and chuanxiong.

In addition, it can also treat acne, snake and insect bites, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 10-30g, double the amount for fresh product; or boil into paste, or squeeze fresh product into juice. For external use, use an appropriate amount, decoct in water for bathing, grind into powder and mix with other ingredients for application, or use fresh product and mash it for application.

[Precautions] Use with caution in pregnant women and those with blood deficiency without blood stasis.