0 a plant of the mint family, sometimes used in herbal medicine in the treatment of gynaecological diseases and conditions (= those connected with women's reproductive organs)
Of the newer additions, motherwort is claimed to be a nervine, emmenagogue, anti-spasmodic, hepatic, cardiac tonic, and hypotensive.
The base liquid might contain extracts of plants and herbs such as hawthorn, strawflower, motherwort and rose hip, which themselves are used in the clinical practices.
