LIQUORICE - USES IN GYNAECOLOGY

Liquorice is very well known sweet ayurvedic remedy , here you can get to know about its uses in gynaecology.

It is known as jyesthamadh in Marathi, Mulethi in Hindhi , Yashtimadhu in Sanskrit & Liquorice in English

Latin Name -  Glycyrrhiza glabra 

Family - Leguminosae                              

Properties -

Rasa - Madhur

Virya - Sheeta 

Vipaka - Madhur

Guna - Guru, snigdha

Chemical Constituents -

 Glycyrrnizin , liquiritin

Medicinal Properties & USES -

1. Shonitsthapan 

    - so used in Raktadushtijanya vikara 

    - Raktalpata ( anaemia )

    - Raktapradara (abnormal vaginal bleeding) 

 2. It works as Shukravruddhikara due to madhur rasa- vipaka &  snigdha -guru guna.

 3. It works as oojovardhak. 

 4. It works as varnya ( Improves skin tone).

 5. It works as Vrushya ( Aphrodisiac) when used with ghee & honey with milk.

 6. It  is used in Shwetpradara ( leucorrhoea) with rice water.

   

Note - this post is for educational purposes only.

ref - Ayurvedic textbooks