Macedonian Licorice

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Macedonian licorice is one of the plants of a family called legumes, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Glycyrrhiza foetidissima Tausch. As for the name of the Macedonian licorice family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Fabaceae Lindl. (Leguminosae Juss.).

Description of Macedonian licorice

Macedonian licorice is a perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between one hundred and one hundred and fifty centimeters. The flowers of this plant are located in rather dense and oblong inflorescences, they are painted in pale purple tones, and their length is about six to seven and a half millimeters. The beans of this plant are oblong-oval in shape, while they will be covered evenly and sparsely through thin thorns. It should be noted that Macedonian licorice will be endowed with a rather specific smell, both dry and fresh.

The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from June to the month of August. Under natural conditions, Macedonian licorice is found in the Caucasus, Moldova, the European part of Russia, the Volga valley in the Lower Volga region and the Danube valley in the Black Sea region. For growth, Macedonian licorice prefers the edges of fields, ditches, river floodplains and the banks of oxbows. It is noteworthy that this plant can grow both in sparse thickets and in groups.

Description of the medicinal properties of Macedonian licorice

Licorice Macedonian is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the roots of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of triterpenoids in the roots of this plant in the hydrolyzate of matedonic, echinic and meristotropic acids, flavonoids, saponins of triterpene glucuroniramnoside, echinic and massedonic acids, as well as the following organic acids: tartaric, succinic, and citric acids. In the aerial part of this plant, in turn, the following flavonoids will be present: astragalin, isoquercitrin, quercetin, kaempferol, nicotiflorin and rutin. Stems and fruits contain organic acids, and the leaves contain flavonoids nicotiflorin and rutin, as well as the following organic acids: malonic, tartaric, fumaric, succinic, citric, oxalic, malic and gluconic acids.

It is noteworthy that in the experiment it was proved that echinic, meritotropic and macedonic acids will be endowed with the ability to provide anti-inflammatory effects, and will also exhibit an effect that is similar to glucocorticoid.

The decoction, prepared on the basis of the roots of Macedonian licorice, is indicated for use in Addison's disease, dry cough, bronchitis, diabetes mellitus, pneumonia and gastric ulcer.

With menopause, it is recommended to use the following very effective healing agent based on this plant: to prepare such a healing agent, you will need to take one teaspoon of chopped Macedonian licorice roots in one full glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be left to infuse in a thermos for about four hours, after which this mixture must be very thoroughly filtered. The resulting medicinal mixture based on Macedonian licorice is taken half an hour before the start of a meal in a warm form three to four times a day, one third of a glass for about two to three weeks. Then you should take a break for a month, after which you can resume taking this remedy based on Macedonian licorice.