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Biological Name:
Glycyzrrhiza glabra
Family:
Papilionaceae, Leguminosae
Other Names:
Sweetwood, Liquorice, Licorice root, Mithi-lakdi, Mulathee, Jethi-madh, Yashtimadhu, Yashtomadhu, Jashtimadhu, Yashtimadhukam, Athimadhuram, Atimadhuram, Erattimadhuram, Athimathurappal.
Habitat:
The plant can be met across the globe. Cultivated in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Sub Himalayan tracts.
Additional Info:
Ayurvedic Action
It is thought to harmonize the relations. It is madhur (sweet), slightly tikla (not much bitter), sheetala (sheetaveerya),: used in opthalmia, deranged pitta, anorexia, emaciation, allays thirst and cures ulcer.
It is Caksusya (benefits the eyes), Jıvanıya (vitalizing), Rasayana (benefits all seven tissues), Vranaropan (heals ulcers and wounds), Kanthya (benefits the throat) Kasasvasahara (benefits coughs and breathing difficulties), Medhya (benefits the nervous system), Kandughna (eliminates itching), Sonitasthapana (alleviates bleeding), Pitta/vatahara (reduces pitta and vata)
Elements Applied:
Dried root is commonly applied in herbal medicine.
Active Components:
Triterpenes belonging to oleanane type, mostly glycyrrhizin, as well as its glycyrrhitic acid (agylcone glycyrrhetinic acid), licoric acid, liquiritic acid, isoglabrolide, glycyrrhetol, phytosterols and glabrolide; Iisoflavonoids and flavonoids; kumatakenin, liquiritigenin, glyzarin, liquiritin, glabrone, rhamnoliquiritin, glabrol, neoliquiritin, formononetin, licoflavonol, licoisoflavanone, licoisoflavones A and B, and so on.
Coumarins; herniarin glycyrin, umbelliferone, liqcoumarin, Polysaccharides, mostly glucans, Chalcones; rhamnoisoliquiritin, echinatin, liquiritigenin, licochalcones A and B, isoliquiritigenin, licuraside, neosoliquiritin, and so on.
Volatile oil, which includes benzaldehyde, fenchone, furfuryl alcohol, and linalool. other; amino acid, sugars, starch, and so on.
History:
Licorice has been conventionally used in herbal medicine since time immemorial. According to contemporary researches, it is potent of stimulating liver, the endocrine system, and other organs. Licorice triterpenes are processed by the organism to form the substances, which are similar to adrenal cortex hormones in their constitution. Due to this reason it is applied for a range of inflammations.
Used For:
Safety:
1-4 masha (1-4 gm) per day can be taken safely (Bhavaprakasha Nighantu). Exercise care. Herbs in Ayurvedic medicine are commonly mixed with other herbal medicines to reduce the toxic effect one of them may produce on the body.
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