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Yashtimadhu, Liquorice

Liquorice or licorice is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra from which a sweet flavour can be extracted. The liquorice plant is a herbaceous perennial legume native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, such as India. It is not botanically related to anise, star anise, or fennel, which are sources of similar flavouring compounds.

Uses

arthritis, mouth ulcers, cough, asthma, bronchitis, Blotches, peptic ulcer, allergic complaints, high blood pressure, kidney disease, herpes

Parts Used

Root, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

glycosides, glycyrrhizin (about 7%) and glycyrrhizinic acid, triterpenoid glycosides (saponins), flavonoids^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Agrimony

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple		Divided into 9–17 leaflets, held on a leaf stalk 10–20 cm long

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	1.0–1.5 cm long	violet	5-20	The flowers are held in loose, conical spires, almost as long as the leaves

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
	1–3 cm long and 4–5 mm wide	Each pod contains 2–5 brown to blackish seeds	With hooked hairs	many	{{{6}}}

Threats and conservation Widely distributed in Eurasia, Glycyrrhiza glabra is not considered to be threatened. Where it is cultivated as a crop, it is normally harvested in a sustainable manner, although there are some concerns that the commercial harvest of rhizomes can be destructive to naturally occurring populations and their habitats

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Requires a deep well cultivated fertile moisture-retentive soil for good root production^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry open places, sandy places near the sea.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "phytochemicals"

[Leaf-2] "plant description"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation details"

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 ==Uses==
-{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
+{{Uses|arthritis}}, {{Uses|mouth ulcers}}, {{Uses|cough}}, {{Uses|asthma}}, {{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|peptic ulcer}}, {{Uses|allergic complaints}}, {{Uses|high blood pressure}}, {{Uses|kidney disease}}, {{Uses|herpes}}
 ==Parts Used==