​The efficacy and function of motherwort brown sugar

Although menstruation is a good thing for girls, it can help promote detoxification in the body, and girls can also use menstruation to lose weight and take care of their skin, but for people with dysmenorrhea, menstruation is a disaster. The pain is so severe that it drives you crazy, and your body feels weak. Every time this happens, the doctor will recommend that you drink motherwort and brown sugar. We know that motherwort has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so what are the effects and functions of motherwort and brown sugar?

1. Effect on the uterus: Motherwort decoction, ethanol extract and motherwort alkaloids have an excitatory effect on the isolated uterus of rabbits, cats and other animals.

2. Effects on cardiovascular system: Motherwort can significantly increase coronary flow and significantly slow down heart rate in isolated guinea pig hearts using isoproterenol to create a myocardial ischemia model. Intravenous injection of motherwort preparations can significantly increase coronary flow, reduce coronary resistance, slow down heart rate, and reduce output and left ventricular work in anesthetized dogs.

3. Anti-platelet aggregation and anti-thrombosis: In vitro experiments have shown that motherwort and its extracts have the effect of antagonizing ADP-induced platelet aggregation in normal animals. In vivo experiments have also shown that motherwort can significantly reduce the total number of platelets in the peripheral circulation and the platelets and their aggregates in the alveolar wall capillaries. Motherwort has a significant dissolving effect on red thrombi in the rabbit's pulmonary circulation. In addition, motherwort also has the effect of enhancing the body's cellular immunity.

4. Other effects: Subcutaneous injection of motherwort has a central nervous system inhibitory effect, with an MLD of 0.4-0.6 g/kg. When rabbits were intravenously injected with 1 mg/kg of leonurine, a significant increase in urine volume was observed. At higher concentrations, leonurine can cause hemolysis in rabbit blood suspension. The water extract of Leonurus alkaloids was diluted by test tube method at 1:13-1:10, which had inhibitory effects on Trichoderma schrenkiana, Microsporum woolly, Epidermophyton rubrum and Nocardia asteroides. The decoction of motherwort has an inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae using the flat paper method.

Brown sugar is made by hand in the most original and traditional way, without any added lime or brown sugar flavoring, and without any heavy metal or pesticide pollution. Really good brown sugar has a natural caramel charcoal aroma, which is rich and intoxicating, leaving a lingering aftertaste in your mouth.

Brown sugar water helps women to have smooth menstruation. Drinking hot brown sugar water can warm the body, increase energy, activate qi and blood, speed up blood circulation, and make menstruation smoother. If female friends have problems with menstrual disorders and lower abdominal distension and pain, they may wish to try this method. You can also add some ginger juice to cook together to replenish qi, blood and liver, and the effect of warming tendons and dredge meridians will be better. If you are afraid of gaining weight by eating sweets, you only need to start eating it one day before your period and continue until the third day of your period to achieve the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

People who suffer from abdominal pain due to cold and are prone to catching colds during menstruation can also use brown sugar ginger soup to dispel the cold. Brown sugar also has an excellent effect of curing deficiency and nourishing the body for the elderly and the weak, especially those who have just recovered from a serious illness. Eating some brown sugar can disperse blood stasis and promote blood circulation, facilitate bowel movements, soothe the liver and improve eyesight, and it can also have the effect of invigorating qi and strengthening the stomach, and warming and nourishing the heart and lungs.