Motherwort/ Yi Mu Cao

 

Channels: heart, liver, bladder, kidney, pericardium

Flavors: acrid, bitter.    Temperature: slightly cold

 

Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, regulates menstruation, uterine stimulant, diuretic, tones the uterus and the heart, calms the heart

 

Gentle sedative, uterine stimulant, emmenagogue, astringent, carminative, cardiac tonic, diuretic, antispasmodic, antirheumatic, nervine, diaphoretic, anxiolytic.

 

Good for: Calming, slows heart palpitations, supports the liver, like a mother’s embrace, sleep, menopausal moodiness, PMS, anxiety, palpitations, melancholy, restlessness, cardiovascular tonic