A Book That Addresses Women's Health Issues

Chapter 83 Motherwort is a woman's best friend forever
Motherwort has the effects of dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, diuresis, reducing swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is most suitable for female friends who suffer from irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum haemorrhage, and abdominal pain due to congestion.Some people say that motherwort is a grass born for women, which is not unreasonable.Motherwort, also known as Chiwei and Kuncao, belongs to herbaceous plants.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that motherwort is pungent, slightly bitter, and slightly cold in nature; Guixin, liver, and kidney meridians have the effects of dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, diuretic swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and are most suitable for those with irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and amenorrhea. Postpartum haemorrhage, female friends with congestion and abdominal pain.Especially good medicine for postpartum, known as "holy medicine for blood family" and "good medicine for postpartum", it is an important medicine used by doctors of all dynasties to treat gynecological diseases. "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" contains: "Motherwort, eliminates water and promotes blood, removes blood stasis and promotes newborns, regulates menstruation and detoxification, and is an essential agent for prenatal and postpartum." Motherwort also has beauty effects of whitening and freckle removal. "Xinxiu Herb" records that Wu Zetian often used the prepared motherwort powder to scrub her face and hands.According to legend, when Wu Zetian lived to be 80 years old, she was still beautiful.Motherwort can be taken internally or externally.

Internal use of motherwort 1. Treatment of dysmenorrhea: 50 grams of motherwort, 20 grams of Yanming Suo, 2 eggs, add appropriate amount of water and cook together, remove the shell and cook for a while after the eggs are cooked, remove the medicine residue, eat the egg and drink the soup.Before menstruation, take it once a day for 5-7 times. 2. Treatment of amenorrhea: 90 grams of motherwort, 30 grams of oranges, appropriate amount of brown sugar, decoction with water.Drink it once a day for more than a month. 3. Treatment of menstrual delay caused by cold during menstruation: 10 grams of motherwort, 20 pieces of jujube, appropriate amount of brown sugar, stew soup together, drink once a day in the morning and evening. 1. Treatment of hypomenorrhea caused by congestion and stagnation: 4 grams of motherwort, 30 eggs, wash the eggs, stew them with motherwort and water, remove the shell after the eggs are cooked, cook for a while, eat eggs and drink soup. 2. Treatment of postpartum abdominal pain: 5 grams of motherwort, 50 grams of ginger, 30 jujubes, appropriate amount of brown sugar, decocted with water.Drink once a day.External application of motherwort can nourish the skin, remove acne and freckles.The method is as follows: grind an appropriate amount of motherwort into powder, squeeze fresh cucumbers into juice, add motherwort powder into the cucumber juice, and add appropriate amount of honey to mix thoroughly.It can be applied to the face after washing the face before going to bed at night, and then rinsed off after drying.Any drug has contraindications.Generally speaking, motherwort should not be used by pregnant women; less menstruation caused by qi and blood deficiency, light color and thin texture, accompanied by dizziness, palpitations, fatigue, etc. should not be used; normal menstrual flow is normal, but suddenly less menstruation, you must seek medical treatment in time.

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