Summary: Licorice herb treats inflammation in the form of dried roots and chewable tablets. Use licorice herbs to reduce inflammation with tips from a nutraceutical supervisor in this free video on herbal remedies.
Miss Dimple Singh Bindra is a nutraceutical supervisor in Bio Neutrix, N. Y. She has done clinical studies in herbs from Micro Logix Lab, New York.read more
"Licorice is actually the best herb used for inflammation and it's a very powerful herb. Licorice is traditionally used to sooth coughs and the skin. People also take Licorice for inflammation, Bronchitis, Arthritis, and also for constipation. Health care providers, such as Naturalpaths, may prescribe Licorice root. Products for Peptic Ulcers, Chronic Gastric Ulcers, and also for primary Adrenal Cortical insufficiency. It helps to promote the production of stomach mucus, thereby decreasing the production of painful and potentially dangerous stomach acids, that leads to many stomach conditions. Licorice can be taken in the form; dried root is one to five grams, three times daily, and in chewable tablet form you can take it three hundred to four hundred milligrams twenty minutes before meals. Some Licorice compounds may be found in cough syrups and cough lozenges as a cough suppressant as well as flavoring. Licorice has also been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, also called TCM, to treat conditions ranging from Diabetes to Tuberculosis, also called as TB. An extract of Licorice called Licoritin, has been used in connection with Melasma, a pigmentation disorder of the skin."