for its aromatic and sweetening properties; of late, clinically useful for regulating water and salt metabolism( Medicina, Moscow, 1965). Externally: An ointment for eczema, psoriasis, redness of skin, is made by adding 2 per cent of Licorice juice to an antibiotic formula( Saratov University 1962). Industrial: Licorice is collected with tractors, transported by train-load, and exported by ship-load for the food and pharmaceutical industry. The uses are many: sweetening and flavouring in the candy and canning industries; soft drinks, beer and liquor; tobacco houses, for taste and appeal in chewing tobacco; fire extinguishers, as it foams when mixed with water. India Experience: Jethi madh, Madhoka, Mithi lakdi are a few of the common names for Licorice in India. It grows wild in the northern and western sections of India and Pakistan. Folk Medicine: Generally used in doses of 10 – 30 grains for Dysuria, Throat conditions, Hoarseness of voice, Bronchitis, Coughs, Asthma, etc.; catarrhal conditions of Bowel, Kidney and Bladder. Medical: India ardently confirms as Alterative, Expectorant, Emollient, Demulcent, Laxative, Pectoral, Sweet Tonic, Stomachic. In pharmacy the syrup is used for all compounds when aromatics and sweeteners are needed.
LIFE ROOT Senecio aureus, L.( N. O.: Compositae)
Common Names: Squaw Weed, Ragwort, False Valerian, Golden Senecio, Female Regulator, Cocash Weed. Features: Life root, and various composite herbs of the genus Senecio, are common in most parts of the world. In North America they are found mostly in the eastern states. As this species, medicinally, possess the same properties, it is not necessary to specify them. These perennial, coarse, yellowflowered plants are allied to the thistles. Can be found in low marshy grounds, and on the banks of creeks. The stems are erect and smooth, 1 – 2 ft. high; radical leaves are simple and rounded, upper leaves are few, dentate and sessile. Flowers in May and June. Popular with the American Indians, Homceopaths and Herbalists. Medicinal Parts: The root and herb. Solvent: Diluted alcohol. Bodily Influence: Stimulant, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Pectoral, Astringent, Tonic. Uses: We of the modern age are bewildered by so many female abnormalities, from grand-daughter to grandmother. The time-honoured“ female regulator”( Senecio aureus), of specific use and without complications, is still reliable. Senecio stimulates the pelvic organism, relieving engorgement of women by removing pressure stemming from the perimeum, bladder and rectum. A completely safe aid in gynaecological disorders such as dysmenorrhoea( painful menstruation), menorrhagia( excessive menstruation), suppressed menstruation, atonic leucorrhoea( excessive mucous secretion) and other disturbances of the pelvic organism, including various functional irregularities of menopause. It strengthens flabby uterine ligaments of the fairer sex, and has a place for diseases of men when prostatic enlargement is of the soft, boggy and atonic type. It is also valuable in gravel, stones and diarrhoea.
In pulmonary complaints it is advisable to combine 1 teaspoonful of the fluid extract with other pectorals in sweetened water. The name“ Life root” is indicated for many different uses as a household remedy.