Licorice

The fact that he is capable to stand against catarrhal, viral and infectious diseases, knew in antique times. Such famous doctors of antiquity as Hippocrates, Dioskorid, Teofrast spoke about a root of a licorice smooth … Ancient travelers took it with themselves in the road, and chewed that the organism as soon as possible got used to change of climate.

Licorice smooth, a licorice ordinary – Glycyrrhiza glabra L. – a perennial grassy plant from family of bean. The powerful root system of a licorice lies deeply underground. A stalk of direct from 40 to 100 cm in height. Leaves neparnoperisty with an ovoid lantsetnymi leaflets. Pale violet, papilionaceous flowers are collected in pazushny, dense, but friable brushes. The licorice in June-August blossoms. Fruits the brown extended, slightly curved naked beans with 2-6 seeds. Greenish-gray or brownish seeds remind brilliant kidneys.

The licorice, practically in all territory of Russia is widespread. Grows usually in steppes and on coast of the rivers.

In the medicinal purposes licorice roots which accurately dig out late fall are used. When using they are cleaned from an external crust.

- Contains in roots of a licorice: vitamin C, starch, pectins, flavonoids, sucrose, glucose, slime, essential oil, kortizonopodobny substances, minerals - calcium, potassium, magnesium...

- The licorice is used, first of all, for increase in immunity and also at catarrhal diseases as expectorant, enveloping, diuretic, resolvent.

- It has and spazmolitichesky, wound healing and light laxative properties.

- Medicines from a licorice regulate water and share exchange of an organism, reduce fragility of capillaries.

- The licorice is appointed at respiratory diseases - whooping cough, bronchitis, cough, pulmonary diseases, allergic rhinitises, pharyngitises, bronchial asthma.

- And also at diabetes, gastritis, stomach ulcer of a stomach, at food poisonings, diseases of kidneys, a bladder, a pochechnokamenny disease, atherosclerosis, diseases of a thyroid gland.

- Infusion
To fill in 1 teaspoon of the dry crushed root of a licorice with 1 glass of boiled water, to insist one or one and a half hours, to cool, filter, accept on 1 tablespoon 3 times a day to food.

- Lotions from broth of a rhizome impose at skin diseases, psoriasis, eczema, herpeses, urticaria, they heal and wounds, pustulous damages of skin

- At conjunctivitis wash with broth eyes or dig in it.

Medicines from a licorice cannot be applied at pregnancy, tendency to diarrhea and hypostases.


Extract of a root of a licorice is used not only in national, but also in industrial cosmetology in anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial medicines, in the creams preventing emergence of pigmentary spots.

- The licorice has the bleaching property, removes hypostases, inflammations, and irritations of skin. Extract of a licorice is present at lotions and problem skin toners. In anti-aging creams it is used as the means stimulating production of collagen.

- As the softening and cleaning means broth from a root of a licorice can be used in house conditions.

- Broth of a licorice naked
To fill in 1 teaspoon of the dry crushed root with 1 glass of boiled water and to hold half an hour on a steam bath, to filter, add boiled water up to the initial volume. To store in the refrigerator. To wipe a face in the morning and in the evening. The wadded tampon moistened in warm broth it is possible to remove a make-up.

- For rejuvenation of skin do compresses of broth
To put a gauze in two-three layers, it is good to wet in broth and to put on the person. I will make a terry towel. In 10-15 minutes to wipe a face with an ice cube. The effect to amplify if ice is from licorice infusion too. It is not necessary to wash after that. It is possible to apply the moisturizing cream if you are not going to leave more this day the house.

- Usually and simple washing by licorice broth within a month considerably rejuvenates skin, gives it the softness and elasticity peculiar to youth.