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moth·er·wort

 (mŭth′ər-wûrt′, -wôrt′)
n.
Any of several plants of the genus Leonurus of the mint family, especially L. cardiaca, having clusters of small purple or pink flowers with spiny sepals.

[Middle English moderwort : moder, mother, womb (from its use in treating diseases of the uterus); see mother1 + wort, wort; see wort1.]
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motherwort

(ˈmʌðəˌwɜːt)
n
(Plants) any of several plants of the Eurasian genus Leonurus, esp L. cardiaca, having divided leaves and clusters of small purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
[C14: so named because it was thought to be beneficial in uterine disorders]
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Noun1.motherwort - bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowersmotherwort - bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
genus Leonurus, Leonurus - genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls
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In addition, for treating patients with more acute symptoms, we used herbal medicine (to allay nervous and mental tension and stabilize the vasomotor center, we used medicinal plants in threshold individual doses with sedative properties: valerian, motherwort, lime, lemon balm, mint, peony, meadowsweet), oxygen therapy with New Life oxygen concentrators, and the equipment of the American Air Ser company (the enrichment of the inhaled air with oxygen improves the alveolar-arterial oxygen difference, increases the delivery of oxygen to the tissues, and eliminates and reduces tissue hypoxia).