Motherwort Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is a tall, coarse perennial of the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central Asia and southeastern Europe and naturalized across North America along fences and waste ground. It grows 60-120 cm tall with stout square stems, dark green, palmately lobed lower leaves that narrow to three-toothed upper leaves, and dense whorls of small, furry pink-purple flowers set in spiny calyces along the upper stem. The herb has a strong, disagreeable smell and a very bitter taste. We extract the dried herb.