motherwort tea is very quieting to the nerves.
"The American Frugal Housewife"
Lydia M. Child
The following restorative must be given:- motherwort tea, 2 quarts.
"The American Reformed Cattle Doctor"
George Dadd
I asked in vain a dozen people last summer, what that flower was called, pointing to the ubiquitous Joe Rye weed or pink motherwort.
"Adopting An Abandoned Farm"
Kate Sanborn