6/20/17
Today I’m talking about the herb Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), which in latin means ‘Lion heart.’ Aptly name, it has been traditionally used to strengthen one’s heart, and is also a nervine indicated for many phases of a woman’s life.
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Helps heart function – for anxiety when your heart squeezes, chest feels tight
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Hypertension, palpitations (hyperthyroid symptoms) – safe in hypothyroidism too
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Anxiolytic, analgesic, nervine, antispasmodic, emmenagogue
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Women’s issues: PMS, dysmenorrhea, post-partum pain, menopausal anxiety
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Slightly estrogenic
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Contraindicated in 1st trimester of pregnancy
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GAD (General Anxiety Disorder), nervousness
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“Feeling of being held in caretaker’s arms”
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