DAILY HERB-ATHIMATHURAM

Glycyrrhiza glabra L. - Liquorice

Family: Papilionaceae; Fabaceae
Sanskrit : Yastimadhu, Yastika, Madhuyasti
Assamese : Jesthimadhu, Yeshtmadhu
Bengali : Yashtimadhu
English : Liquorice root
Gujrati : Jethimadha, Jethimard, Jethimadh
Hindi : Mulethi, Mulathi, Muleti, Jethimadhu, Jethimadh
Kannada : Jestamadu, Madhuka, Jyeshtamadhu, Atimadhura
Kashmiri : Multhi
Malayalam : Irattimadhuram
Marathi : Jesthamadh
Oriya : Jatimadhu, Jastimadhu
Punjabi : Jethimadh, Mulathi
Tamil : Athimadhuram
Telugu : Atimadhuramu, Yastimadhu
Urdu : Mulethi, Asl-us-sus
Other vernacular names: akarmanis, asloosoos, aslussos,  bekh-e-mahak, bois doux, cha em thet, estamee, gancao, glycyrrhiza, herbe aux tanneurs, hsi-pan-ya-kan-tsao, irk al hiel, irk al hilou, irksos, jakyakgamcho-tang, jashtimadhu, jethimadh, jethimadha, kanpo, kanzo, kan-ts’ao, kum cho, Lakritzenwurzel, licorice, licorice root, liquiritiae radix, liquorice, liquorice root,  mulathee, muleti, mulhatti, neekhiyu, Persian licorice, racine de reglisse, racine douce, reglisse, reglisse officinalis, rhizoma glycyrrhizae, Russian licorice, Russian liquorice, Russisches Süssholz, si-pei, sinkiang licorice, Spanish licorice, Spanish liquorice, Spanisches Süssholz, Süssholzwurzel, sweet root, sweetwood, ud al sus, velmi, walmee, welmii, xi-bei,

Uses: The commercial name of the dried rhizome and root of the plant is liquorice which is used as flavouring agent and the taste coorigent in pharmaceutical and confectionery industries and its products are widely reported to be useful in ulcer therapy. Glycyrrhizin, a triterpene glucoside, is the principal constituent of G. glabra which is 50 times sweeter than sugar.
Antidiuretic, 

expectorant,

 emetic, diuretic. Demulcent, 

expectorant, 

antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, 

spasmolytic,

 mild laxative, 

antistress, antidepressive,

 antiulcer, liver protective,

 estrogenic, emmenagogue,

 antidiabetic.

 Used in bronchitis, dry cough, respiratory infections, catarrh, tuberculosis;

 genitourinary diseases, urinary tract infections;

 abdominal pain, gastric and duodenal ulcers, inflamed stomach,

 mouth ulcer. Also used for adrenocorticoid insufficiency. 
Key application: In catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and gastric, duodenal ulcers.

Siddha uses: 
Siruneer erichal, 
 Elumbu noiyagal,
 Irumal,
 Kamalai, 
Kan noykal, 
Neervetkai, 
Vayiruppun,
 Venkuddam, 
Veppu noy.