Motherwort, the use of which is quite popular, is well known to all people, but many, considering it weak, turn to doctors to get stronger sedatives. I'd like to warn against this. In fact, in most, even the most severe cases, you can dispense with childhood familiar medicinal herbs. You just need to take them wisely.
It is not in vain that preparations containing not one but a complex of components are more effective. The same applies to herbal preparations, and medicines made on their basis. Therefore, doctors often recommend "Motherwort-forte" as a good sedative - the prefix "forte" does not mean that it has a large dosage. This is a complex preparation, in addition to, in fact, motherwort includes magnesium and vitamin B6. Such a composition has a strong calming effect on the body.
Dog nettle (also known as the plant) is widespread in the European part of Russia, therefore, ready-made preparations and fees based on it, as a rule, are much cheaper than many other drugs of a similar nature. Sedative effect is due to the alkaloids, organic acids (malic, tartaric, citric, etc.) contained in the plant, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, glycosides, vitamins A, E, C. A large number of trace elements necessary for the body have a general strengthening effect.
Usually, treatment with motherwort is used when problems with heart rhythm and cardiosclerosis appear against the background of general irritability. The tincture of this plant has a slight hypotensive, antispasmodic, diuretic effect, regulates the menstrual cycle, and improves digestion. Motherwort preparations are even used for wound healing thanks to the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.
But, it would seem, with all the positive properties, the action of motherwort may be ineffective if the body lacks magnesium. This element is actually a "metal of life", it takes an active part in the metabolic processes of the body. Everyone knows that reactions in the human body cannot occur if oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen are absent. The next in the list of the most important elements is magnesium.
It is the presence of magnesium that enhances the action of Motherwort-forte. Some possible doubts must be warned. International studies have shown that almost 90% of the population lacks magnesium, although this indicator differs greatly in different regions (many seafood, legumes, cereals, soybeans, raspberries, strawberries, bananas, grapefruits, apples, etc. are rich in magnesium). But given that the nutrition of most people is by no means balanced, and the amount of magnesium decreases markedly under stress and physical exertion, under the influence of alcohol, laxatives and diuretics, we can safely refer to those who are catastrophically lacking in the body. Here are just a few of the symptoms that can signal a lack of magnesium: dizziness, mood swings, numbness of the extremities, frequent fatigue, constipation, arrhythmias, brittle nails, and even arthritis and osteoporosis.
It becomes clear that Motherwort Fort, supplying the body with magnesium, has a much more noticeable effect on the nervous and cardiovascular system than ordinary motherwort. But just adding magnesium to the drug is not enough, most of the magnesium in this case would have passed through our body in transit, without exerting a special effect on it. Due to the fact that Vitamin B6 is included in the Motherwort Fort , it is so effective, justifying the prefix "forte".