Meaning of motherwort | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several perennial plants of the genus Leonurus, especially Leonurus cardiaca, used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders.
2. common wormwood, mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).

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“Besides, it makes women joyful and mothers of children and settles their wombs as they should be; therefore we call it Motherwort.”

“—Miss Luna, muffling up her head, Went with the ague, straight to bed, Put out her lamp, and bade them tell She could not hear her mistress' bell, Begg'd them with motherwort to dose her, And drew her cloudy night-cap closer.—”

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