Description

Liquorice Extract Powder

 

Descriptions:

 

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. A perennial that grows 3 to 7 feet high, licorice has an extensive branching root system. The roots are straight pieces of wrinkled, fibrous wood, which are long and cylindrical (round) and grow horizontally underground. Licorice roots are brown on the outside and yellow on the inside.

 

Specifications:

 

• • Botanical Name : Glycyrrhiza glabra

• • Family : Fabaceae

• • Common Name : Licorice, Sweet root

• • Standardized For : Glycyrrhizinic Acid 10%

• • Description : Brown colored powder

• • Plant part used : Root

• • Applications: Anti-oxidant & Immunity enhancer

 

Uses & Benefits:

 

• • It is useful in cough, bronchitis, ulcer, fever, hiccough and hoarseness of voice.

• • It is used in skin diseases, eye diseases, pharyngitis, epilepsy and anemia.

• • It is useful in haemorrhoids, haemorrhage and urticaria.

• • Decoction of root is a good wash for falling and graying of hair.

• • It is also applied on cuts and wounds.

• • It promotes decrease in lipid per-oxidation in hepatic tissue homogenate and blood serum.

• • It stimulates the excretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex and prolongs the action of cortisone.