Motherwort for medical abortion in early pregnancy

You must have often heard of motherwort, especially for female friends. Many women's products contain motherwort ingredients, because motherwort is a traditional Chinese medicine that is very good for the female body. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and treating irregular menstruation. If a woman does not want multiple children in the early stages of pregnancy and chooses to have a medical abortion, can she choose to take the Chinese herbal medicine such as Motherwort to have a medical abortion?

1. Motherwort, a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the fresh or dried above-ground part of Leonurus japonicus Houtt., a plant of the Lamiaceae family. Fresh products are harvested from the seedling stage in spring to the early summer before flowering; dried products are harvested in summer when the stems and leaves are lush and the flowers have not yet bloomed or have just bloomed, and then sun-dried or cut into sections and sun-dried. Widely distributed throughout the country. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, lochia retention, edema, oliguria, sores and swelling

2. 1. Abortion bleeding: 5 liang of roots and leaves of thistle and motherwort. Use two large bowls of water to boil one bowl of juice, then boil it down to one cup. Divide it into two doses and drink it all in one day. (Shengji Zonglu) Motherwort 2. Postpartum dizziness and impatience: Grind the motherwort into juice, take one cup, it is wonderful. (Secrets of Mother and Child) 3. For those with postpartum blood retention: add a small cup of motherwort juice to one cup of wine and drink it while warm. (Sheng Hui Fang)

3. 1. Fresh motherwort: It has no stem in the seedling stage, and the basal leaves are circular and heart-shaped, with 5 to 9 shallow lobes, and each lobe has 2 to 3 blunt teeth. In the early stage of flowering, the stem is square columnar, with many branches on the upper part and concave longitudinal grooves on all four sides. It is 30 to 60 cm long and 0.2 to 0.5 cm in diameter. The surface is green; the texture is fresh and tender, and there is pith in the middle of the cross section. The leaves are arranged alternately and have petioles; the leaves are green, fresh and tender, and juicy when rubbed; the lower stem leaves are palmately 3-lobed, and the upper leaves are deeply or shallowly pinnately lobed into 3 pieces, and the lobes are entire or have a few serrations. It has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste. 2. Dried Motherwort: The surface of the stem is gray-green or yellow-green; it is light, tough, and has pith in the middle of the cross section. The leaves are gray-green, often wrinkled, broken, and easy to fall off. The cymes are axillary, the flowers are lavender, the calyx is tubular, and the corolla is two-lipped. The length of the cut piece is about 2c