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Motherwort
Family Name: Mint
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Latin Name: Leonurus cardiaca
Common Names: Lion’s Tale, Lion’s Ear, Heartwort, Throwwort, Roman Motherwort
Native American Names:
Related Species: Leonurus heterophyllus, Leonurus artemisi, Stachys palustris,
Ballota nigra, Galeopsis tetrahit
Body System Affiliations:
1. Reproductive
2. Circulatory Cardiovascular !. "ervous
Botanical Description:
Hait: Her#, resem#les Mu$wort
Si!e: %erennial root stoc&, stout stems, 2'! (t hi$h, erect and #ranched
Branchin": Thic&, $rooved and hairy with s)uare stems. Erect with many #ranches, principally #elow with prominent an$les.
Leaves: *eeply and palmately cut into (ive lo#es, or !'pointed se$ments, leaves
closely set radical ones on slender, lon$ petioles, ovate, lo##ed and toothed. +n stem 2'!
in lon$, petioled, wed$ed shaped lower roundish, palmately (ive lo#ed, lo#es tri(id at theape-, upper three'(id, coarsely serrate, reticulately veined, veinlets prominent #eneath,
with slender, curved hairs
Flowers: +n a-ils, numerous whorls o( pin&ish, nearly white sessile (lowers, '1/in whorl. 0looms (rom mid'summer to mid' autumn. Caly-es have pric&ly teeth. Corollas
are whitish and tend to #e stained purple on the inside. haped into short tu#es with
nearly (lat upper lips. pper portion has very lon$ and wooly hairs. 3nthers are sprin&led
with hard shiny dots.Fr#it: They have a #order o( pric&ly teeth. +#lon$ to linear' o#viate. 0lunt.
Bar$:
%wi"s:
&colo"y:
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Haitat: 4ound in well drained, li$ht and limy soil. %re(ers (ull sun e-posure.
0an&s, under hed$es, in $ravelly or calcareous soil
Ran"e: 3#undant in +re$on, 5ashin$ton, and (urther east alon$ the Cordillera.
eeds will sel('sow this plant has #een du##ed a 6$arden escape.7
Native 'here: Many parts o( Europe, and %aci(ic "orthwest
(laces)Dates *served)Description: The only contact 8’ve had with Motherwortis in the demonstration $arden at &o&omish.
+ndi"eno#s and Non,'estern -se)Si"nificance)Relationships:
Food:
Materials)%echnolo"y:
Medicine:(art -sed: leaves and dried plant
Medicinal Actions: edative 9Chero&ee and 8ro)uois:, ;astrointestinal
aid 9Chero&ee and 8ro)uois:, timulant 9Chero&ee:, ;ynecolo$ical aid 9*elaware,
Micmac, Mohe$an, hinnecoc&, and +&lahoma:, Tonic 98ro)uois and Mohe$an:
+ndications: ;ynecolo$ical disorders, delirium tremens, typhoid (ever,
distur#ed sleep, heart palpitations, rheumatism, epilepsy, hi$h #lood pressure, (aintin$,
disease o( the stomach, nervousness, hysteria, (emale diseases, indi$estion, o#stetric.
Body System Associations: "ervous and Reproductive
Constit#ents:
Harvest . (rocessin":
Stora"e:Application/s0: 8n(usion ta&en (or all o( the a#ove indications.
(reparation: 8n(usion
(harmacy:
*ther: Motherwort recommended (or women and their health issues
Ca#tions:
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*ther: 8ndi$enous ;roups< *elaware, Micmac, Modheman, hinnecoc&,
Chero&ee, +&lahoma, 8ro)uois, Mohe$an
'estern /ropean,American0 -ses)Relationships:
Food:
Materials)%echnolo"y:
Medicine:
(art -sed: 3erial parts, (lowers
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Medicinal Actions: edative, Emmen$o$ue, 3nti' pasmodic, Cardiac
Tonic, Hepatic, edative"ervine, *iaphoretic, timulant 9uterine:, 3strin$ent,
Calmative.
+ndications: Heart 5ea&ness, %alpitations, 3n$ina pectoris, delayed or
suppressed menstruation, aid in menopausal chan$es, used to ease (alse la#or pains,
"eural$ia, &in Hypersensitivity, hin$les, herpes con$estive amenorrhea ordysmenorrhoea thyroid stress with rapid pulse and hypertension, anemic nervousness,
insomnia, cardiac wea&ness, neurosis, hi$h #lood pressure, insomnia, an-iety, depression.
Body System Associations: Reproductive, Circulatory, "ervous
Constit#ents: 0itter $lycosides includin$ leonurin and leonuridine
al&aloids includin$ leonuinine and stachydrene =olatile +il tannin
Harvest . (rocessin": tal&s $athered at the time o( (lowerin$< >une'
eptem#er, a(ter (lowers #lossom.
Stora"e: *ryin$ similar to &ullcap
Application/s0: 8n(usion, Tonic, Tincture
(reparation: 8n(usion< 1 cup #oilin$ water and 1'2 teaspoons in(use (or
1?'1/ minutes' ! times a day. 4resh Tincture 1
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(ersonal Medicinal &2perience:
&colo"ical Relationships:
*ther Notes of +nterest:
Harvest:
(lant (art: all aerial parts
Season of Harvest: ummer< >une'eptem#er
Method of Harvest:
&colo"ical Considerations of Harvest:
C#lt#ral Considerations of Harvest:
Ca#tions:
DRE%E3T 30+=E 3 "ECE3RF
(ropa"ation:
%echni3#e: 5hen planted, Motherwort will increase i( seeds are #roadcasted,
needs no special soil, roots will continue (or many years
%imin":
(resent in say#yay (ro4ect: Reproductive 0ed
C#lt#ral +nformation:
C#lt#ral)%raditional and)or 5eo"raphical Association:
*ther Medicinal +nformation in C#lt#ral Conte2t:
*ther -se +nformation in C#lt#ral Conte2t:
Ca#tions:
References Cited:
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1. Moor Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West . anta 4e, "ew Me-ico< Red
Crane 0oo&s, 8nc. 1GG!.
2. Ho((mann, *avid. Holistic Herbal. Hammersmith, London< Thorsons. 1GG?
!. www.#otanical.com, 12G?!, +nline version o( A Modern Herbal #y Mrs. M. ;rieve
A. www.her#med.or$, 12G?!, 3lternative Medicine 4oundation, 8nc.
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