Yastimadhu Capsules

This is useful in many respiratory disorders as well as in cough. Yastimadhu helps to increase the appetite by facilitating proper evacuation of stools.

Botanical name:  Glycyrrhiza glabra

Family name: Fabaceae

English name: Indian Liquorice

Common name: Liquorice

Synonyms:  Mulethi, Madhuka, klitika, madhuyashtika

Habitat: Perennial herb

Useful Parts: Roots

Common Uses :

1- It has laxative, demulcent, emollient, sweet, tonic, laxative and aphrodisiac properties. Liquorice is believed to be useful in cough, to enhance general immunity, sore throat, bronchitis, abdominal pains, consumption, genitourinary diseases, anorexia, obesity, asthma, hepatitis, persistent low fever and epilepsy.

2- It is also used in coughs, sore throat, genito-urinary disease, peptic ulcers, hyperacidity, pains and spasms. It is non-toxic and three hundred times sweeter than cane sugar.

Indications:

It is internally used in injury to chest, emaciation, hoarseness of voice, rhinitis, cough, giddiness, thirst, burning sensation, hyperacidity, dysuria, gout, erysipelas, weakness, metrorrhagia, decreased breast milk, weakness in cardiac region. It is externally used for skin diseases, disorders of throat and eyes.