Herbal Medicine Treatment

People who want to lose weight naturally can be taken note of this research published in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, in which a plant well known in the world of herbal medicine is used in weight loss volunteers with excellent results discussed below.

Kaneka Clinic researchers in Japan have worked with a group of fifty-six volunteers who wanted to lose weight, who were divided into four different groups. One of them was given a placebo, which lie the remaining three were given different doses of licorice to test their effects on the additional weight loss.

The results showed that those volunteers who had consumed licorice managed to lose more weight than the placebo group lost more body fat and reducing their food intake to normal and healthy.

We have known the virtues digestive licorice root, the plant and was related to the prevention of colon cancer. Now, for those looking to lose weight with herbal medicine, the plant provides an excellent option.

Licorice has taken place in more than one occasion on our blog. Asthma or herpes can be combatted with this plant, along that this is a useful herb to boost defenses or reverse the symptoms of menopause.

But there are those uses which concern us in this post. In this special weekend on medicinal plants for digestion and having already talked about some of them, today we focus on the description of licorice and digestive its medicinal uses, perfect to combat problems associated with poor digestion.

The secret of this herb is glycyrrhizin, a saponin contained in licorice at a rate of about 5%, and that gives many of its properties, including those associated with good digestion, but also is responsible for increasing toxicity of the plant in cases of misuse or reckless.

Licorice is a plant that has inflammatory properties, which justify its use to combat indigestion, especially when intestinal spasms of all intensity and gastroduodenal ulcer. But not only these properties of licorice.

Furthermore it is known for its expectorant properties, which softens the bronchial secretions and its antibacterial action, which indirectly also exerts a positive influence on the process of digestion.

The infusion is made using licorice root 50g freshly boiled water, letting stand 15 minutes. The water is applied as a compress or eye wash.

Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

Contains a substance that has properties similar to those of cortisol, a glucocorticoid.

Besides acting as an anti-inflammatory licorice works as an expectorant which is beneficial in cases of asthma. You can use a licorice supplement containing glycyrrhizin. It should eat between 200 and 800 milligrams of the drug daily. Also get licorice tablets that contain no glycyrrhizin. However, these are not helpful for asthma.

Precautions Use of  licorice for six weeks and then discontinue use for two weeks. Eat foods high in potassium such as bananas or citrus juice during the time you use licorice. This is not possible to use a potassium supplement.

Do not use licorice if you have glaucoma or hypertension. Nor should it be used by those suffering from breast cancer or other estrogen-sensitive cancer, endometriosis or illness (or rather changes as it currently is not regarded as a disease) fibrocystic breast.

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