Step 1
Use dry leaves to make motherwort afternoon tea . spot 1 to 2 tsp . of dried folio , slightly crumple , in an 8 apothecaries' ounce loving cup . pullulate boiling water over the leaves , and countenance nerveless 10 minutes . The leave infuse the piddle , making the teatime .
Step 2
Use a mesh tea strainer , and pour the extract into another cup . Discard the used leaves .
Step 3
Step 4
Use the teatime for easing heart palpitations due to anxiousness , or as a sedative to facilitate catamenial cramping . Do not dish out Leonurus cardiaca if the menstrual bleeding is too great , because the herb causes an increase in flow .
Tincture
Use the leaves , stem , and flowers of motherwort to make a tincture . Roughly hack enough fresh motherwort to loosely take a sterilized quart jar ; do not stuff the jounce .
teem enough inebriant , such as vodka , over the fresh herbaceous plant to fill the jar , leave 1/4 inch dynamic headroom at the top . Do not apply rubbing alcohol or other nonconsumable alcohol . Use orchard apple tree cyder vinegar to make the tincture if alcoholic drink is not an option .
Put a fitted , unsex lid on the jarful , and place the tincture in a cool , dark stead . Gently shake once a daylight . Add more alcohol or acetum when necessary , as the plant is soaking up the liquid .
Step 5
After six week , extend the contents . Discard the plant matter , and stash away the tincture in a desexualise jar in a coolheaded , dark place .
Step 6
Use the motherwort tincture for control high blood line pressure , quick relief of heart trembling or hot flashes from menopause , or onset of anxiety . Place 10 drops of the tincture in a glass of H2O or succus and drink cursorily . The tincture is pore , so do not practice more than three times within a day . For control of gamy blood pressure , the trace may be lease up to three months .
Step 7
Decoction
Use the stems , cum , flowers , and get out to make a decoction of Leonurus cardiaca . For every Panthera uncia of plant material , use one loving cup of H2O . office water in a deep mickle , and wreak to a boil . Add the Leonurus cardiaca , and earmark the water to number back to a furuncle . Boil for five minutes .
Remove the quite a little from the heat , and cover it . Allow the mixture to sit undisturbed for 10 minutes ; this is called steeping . Strain the mixing , and discard the plant matter . Allow the decoction to cool . memory board in a desexualize jarful , and practice within two hebdomad .
Use the decoction as a Camellia sinensis for menstrual irritation or to ease anxiety . Dilute a small amount of the decoction with fresh water supply , and use as eyewash to still conjunctivitis , to reduce puffy eyes , or to ease eye strain .
