Licorice (Adhimadhuram)

  

The Licorice plant is familiar for its flavoring in food and beverages. The root of the plant is used to make medicines. Licorice is used to heal a vast array of diseases. Licorice is commonly used for digestive disorders, including heartburn, stomach ulcers, and constipation. Individuals have made use of this herb as a shampoo to lessen oiliness in the hair.  Some people use it for reducing weight and control the cholesterol.

Licorice is used to cure malaria, liver disorders, food poisoning, tuberculosis, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Sometimes, it is used along with the herbs to improve the function of the adrenal glands, especially for the people who take steroidal drugs. Steroids tend to put down the activity of the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands generate the hormones that control the body’s response to stress. The Glycyrrhizic acid in the licorice root helps with nervousness and depression by encouraging the adrenal glands function.  

The adrenal glands regulate stress hormones including cortisol. Licorice root also has the Asparagine amino acid which is required to preserve equilibrium in the body’s nervous system.

In China, licorice is considered as an excellent harmonizing agent and is added to various herbal formulas. It is used to get relief from bronchitis, sore throat, control blood sugar, and reduce inflammation and infections caused by bacteria.

Licorice root is used as a remedy for asthma, baldness, body odor, chronic exhaustion, melancholy, influenza, dandruff, emphysema, viral infections, fungal infections, ulcers, psoriasis, shingles, tendinitis, arthritis, and yeast infections.

The sweet saponin glycoside glycyrrhizin in licorice gives its characteristic flavor.  It is to be noted that Glycyrrhizin is 30 to 60 times sweeter than sugar.

Licorice root is remarkable in the natural treatments. Ayurveda directs the root as beneficial in the treatment of colds, coughs, digestive problems and other bronchial irritations.

With all of these uses, it's no surprise that licorice finds its approach into numerous therapies.

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Honey and its role in our life

Honey is highly used in Ayurveda. We even call our dear ones as honey. This says about the value of sweet and sticky fluid in our life.

We can take honey both internally and outwardly.It acts as a natural preservative and a sweetener.A mixture of honey with cinnamon powder boosts the immune system.

Having a pinch of black pepper with the spoon of honey after meals cures the cough with mucus.

Regular intake of carrot juice with 2 teaspoons of honey, one hour before breakfast improves one’s eyesight.Mix 2 teaspoons of ginger juice with equal quantity of honey. This drink will give you the aid for cough, common cold, and sore throat issues. 

 

Honey is a boon for the one who suffers from weak digestion. It helps in proper digestion and put a stop to the stomach diseases.

Take a spoon of fresh honey with a glass of lemon juice as a treatment for constipation and hyperacidity. Fasting on this drink helps to handle the obesity without loss of appetite and energy. 

Honey is used as a remedy for anaemia and it helps to maintain the right balance of red blood corpuscles and haemoglobin.

It is also used for healing eye diseases, thirst, hiccups, cough, obesity, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma, diabetes, worm infestation, and wounds.

To enrich your health, use honey in your life!

 Research by NatturaBio