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) --
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.
Of the newer additions, motherwort is claimed to be a nervine, emmenagogue, anti-spasmodic, hepatic, cardiac tonic, and hypotensive.
