Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leonurus japonicus Houtt. [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese motherwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ching wei zi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chong wei zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chong wei zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chongweizi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
choong wai chu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chá-de-frade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chōng wèi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
concentrated decoction of motherwort herb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
cordão-de-são-francisco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erva-das-lavadeiras	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erva-de-macaé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erva-dos-santos-filho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
extractum leonuri inspissatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
extractum leonuri liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fructus leonuri	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
herba leonuri	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
hóng huā yì mǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lavanderia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
leonuri fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leonuri herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leonurus herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
lion's tail	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
liquid extract of motherwort herb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
liquor leonuri	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
macaé	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
malörts-hjärtstilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
motherwort	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
motherwort fruit	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
motherwort herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
motherwort herb mixture	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
padang derman	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rubim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
seranting	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
siberian motherwort	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
suo pu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
suo ye	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
tiān má cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wormwoodlike motherwort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yi mu cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yi mu cuo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yimucao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yimucao gao	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
yimucao koufuye	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
yimucao liujingao	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
yuè mǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yì mǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yì mǔ cǎo huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yì mǔ hāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yì mǔ ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yìmŭcăo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
zhēn wèi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhū má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ích mẫu	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ヤクモソウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
天麻草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
月母草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猪麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
益母艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
益母草	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
益母草花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
益母蒿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红花益母草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茺蔚	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茺蔚子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
貞蔚	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
flower		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
aerial part		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
shoots, leaves	shoots carrying young leaves	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
aboveground parts, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Branch, leaf		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
aerial parts		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
aerial part		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
aerial parts		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
aerial part collected before flowering, aerial part collected when flowering		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y.Hu J. Chinese Univ. Hong Kong 2: 381 (1974).
Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 197 (1827).
Leonurus altissimus Bunge ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 521 (1834).
Leonurus artemisia var. albiflorus (Migo) S.Y.Hu J. Chinese Univ. Hong Kong 2: 381 (1974).
Leonurus cuneifolius Raf. Autik. Bot.: 117 (1840).
Leonurus heterophyllus f. leucanthus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 163 (1965).
Leonurus intermedius Didr. Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1849: 14 (1849).
Leonurus japonicus f. albiflorus (Migo) Y.C.Zhu Pl. Medic. Chinae Bor.-Orient.: 971 (1989).
Leonurus japonicus f. niveus (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 51: 227 (1976).
Leonurus mexicanus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 136 (1894).
Leonurus sibiricus Anon.
Leonurus sibiricus var. albiflorus Migo J. Shanghai Sci. Inst., ser. 3, 3: 7 (1935).
Leonurus sibiricus f. niveus A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov Zap. Kharbin. Obshch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 12: 35 (1954).
Stachys artemisia Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 365 (1790).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leonorus japonicus Houttuyn	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
Leonurus Japonicus Houtt.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S. Y. Hu	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y. Hu	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y.Hu	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Leonurus heterophyllus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet.	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Leonurus japonicus	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Leonurus japonicus Houtt.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Leonurus japonicus Houttuyn	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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