Motherwort for potency

Motherwort is a medicinal perennial herb. For medicinal use, leaf tops are harvested. The upper part of the grass is torn off during the flowering period. The preparation of quality raw materials depends on the correct harvesting technique.

The top of the plant should be cut off in a place where the stem thickness reaches 5 cm. The collected plant materials are sent for drying in a dark, ventilated place. The motherwort is laid out on the fabric in a thin layer and occasionally turned over to ensure even drying. Areas of the plant should not turn black and rot. The finished raw materials are used for the preparation of decoctions and tinctures. The average shelf life of a dried medicinal product is 3 years.

The composition of the medicinal herb

The biological composition of motherwort includes a colossal number of valuable ingredients, among which you can find:

• flavonoid glycosides (quercitrin and hyperoside, quinqueloside and cosmosin, rutin and quercimerithrin)
• mineral salts and traces of essential oil
• vitamins A, E, C
• alkaloids (choline, leonurine and stachydrin)
• iridoid monoterpenes (leonuride)
• tannins and organic acids (P-coumaric and ascorbic, citric and vanillic, apple and tartaric )

Indications for herbal remedies

Motherwort components are included in a large number of medicines. The plant has a sedative and hypotensive effect, has a positive effect on the strength and duration of male erection, and solves the problem of reduced sexual desire. The main healing effect on the functioning of the reproductive system is to normalize the functioning of the central nervous system. Taking a limited amount of motherwort produces a calming effect, the drug allows you to eliminate unnecessary excitement and anxiety before sexual contact. Using a medicinal substance with motherwort helps to get rid of obsessive fears and worries about sexual inadequacy. Also, the action of a perennial plant is to regulate the heart rate and lower blood pressure. The use of motherwort tablets allows you to eliminate some cardiovascular disorders, prevent the occurrence of a stroke or heart attack, an attack of angina pectoris during intercourse. The herbal remedy has pronounced antispastic and diuretic, tonic and anti-inflammatory properties. Taking tea with motherwort can improve the condition of a patient with prostate adenoma and cardiosclerosis, heart defects and disorders of the nervous system. Infusions based on a medicinal plant are often used to eliminate coughs and shortness of breath, edema and seizures. The pharmacological drug is used to treat paralysis and headache, insomnia and neuralgia, bronchial asthma and cough. Preparations based on a medicinal plant are included in the course of drug therapy for severe brain injuries and epilepsy, pneumonia.

Contraindications

Pharmaceuticals made on the basis of motherwort components are not allowed to be taken regularly by females during pregnancy. The herbal substance is contraindicated for prolonged and heavy monthly bleeding. Motherwort herb has the ability to increase the activity of the uterine muscles, so the plant can provoke a miscarriage, internal bleeding or increased menstruation in a woman. In addition, motherwort treatment is contraindicated in patients with the following functional pathologies:

• low blood pressure
• erosive gastritis and gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer
• bradycardia (decreased heart rate)
• thrombosis and thrombophlebitis< / li>
• severe varicose veins of the esophagus or lower extremities
• individual intolerance

Motherwort soothes and slows down the body's reactions to external stimuli, impairs concentration. The herbal remedy must not be used before driving a vehicle or before working with dangerous machinery. Pharmacological substances with the addition of motherwort should not be taken by women who have recently had an abortion. Also, a drug is not prescribed in order to stabilize the condition of patients after surgery. In rare cases, with an overdose of motherwort in patients with increased susceptibility, side effects such as: