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- 🌿 Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) | Heart Tonic & Women’s Nervine | NYC
🌿 Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) | Heart Tonic & Women’s Nervine | NYCherbs® 🌱
The Remedy:
Other Names: Lion’s Tail, Throw-Wort, Agripalma (Spanish), Herzgespann (German), Yi Mu Cao (Chinese), Leonurus (Latin).
✨ Key Benefits:
💖 Heart Tonic – Supports circulation and cardiovascular health.
🌸 Women’s Wellness – Soothes menstrual discomfort and eases transitions.
🧘 Emotional Balance – Calms anxiety, stress, and nervous tension.
⚖️ Hormonal Support – Traditionally used for menopausal changes.
🌿 Grounding Care – Provides strength during cycles of stress and change.
📌 Traditional & Modern Uses:
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Used in European herbal medicine as a heart-strengthening tonic.
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Revered as a nervine herb for calming emotional unrest.
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Brewed as tea or tincture to ease menstrual and menopausal discomfort.
🌼 Herbal Combinations:
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Valerian → deepens calming and nervine effects.
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Hawthorn → enhances heart and circulatory support.
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Red Clover → complements women’s hormonal balance.
🧴 Available Forms:
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Dried Herb (Cut & Sifted)
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Tea/Infusion
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Tincture