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Motherwort - Yi Mu Cao

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Motherwort - Yi Mu CaoE. Reninger
Definition:

In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Yi Mu Cao belongs to category of herbs that rectify the blood.

Taste: acrid, bitter
Temperature: slightly cold
Channels Entered: Heart, Liver, Bladder

Actions:
(1) Invigorates the blood, regulates menstruation.
(2) Facilitates urination.
(3) Resolves toxicity.

Also Known As:

Common Name: Motherwort
Pharmaceutical: Herba Leonuri Heterophylli
Botanical: Leonurus

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