Yi Mu Cao
| Yi Mu Cao in TCM:Explore the properties of Yi Mu Cao according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: leonurus, motherwort herb
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Leonuri
Properties: acrid, bitter, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: HT, UB, LV
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, resolves water accumulations, eliminates toxins
Actions / Indications:
- Invigorates blood; regulates menses (irregular menses,
PMS abdominal pain, gynecological disorders: post partum abdominal pain
with lochioschesis, infertility due to stasis, regulates chong without
damaging the blood)
- Promotes urination; reduces edema (difficult urination,
scanty urination, edema, especially edema with blood stasis; modern
use for glomerulo-nephritis)
- Clears toxic heat (skin rashes, boils, eczema, lesions,
sores, carbuncles; internal or external use)
- (cc: pregnancy contraindicated)
- (cc: yin/blood deficiency)
Special Notes:
- Used to retain beautiful soft skin as a body wash.
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