After millennia, interest in this plant has not weakened. The root and properties of licorice are used to send other medicines. But licorice itself has many valuable medicinal properties. Drugs licorice are used in medicine as an expectorant, a mild laxative and diuretic. Licorice has a strong anti-inflammatory effect, regulates water-salt metabolism. Most often it can be found in the chest elixir (which is sometimes called "licorice"), various charges. Licorice enhances the effect of very many drugs and speeds up their absorption from the intestine. It is often used in various collections of herbs with an effect that the plant itself does not seem to have.
The licorice root contains vitamin C, sucrose, glycosides, flavonoids, yellow pigment, essential oil, pectic substances, mineral salts, etc. Exuded shoots and licorice roots are prepared by expectorants (for example, thoracic elixir). Licorice root is a part of diuretic tea. The licorice root is indispensable in brewing, in culinary and confectionery, for technical purposes. And since recently, licorice is used as a substitute for sugar for diabetics. At the same time it consumes very little. Also useful properties of licorice inhibit the development of molds and additionally protect canned food from spoilage. There are recipes for canned food for home cooking. In addition, a high content of saponins also allows the use of licorice in soap making. Licorice is contraindicated in pregnancy!
Eleutherococcus is prickly - a remarkably little known plant, which in its properties is an adaptogen identical to Siberian ginseng. In the people he is called a ginseng brother. Valuable raw materials in this plant are underground organs, and folk medicine uses leaves collected during flowering. Eleutherococcus roots contain sterols, glycosides, fatty oils, resins, polysaccharides and flavonoids.
From its roots are obtained essential oil, used in confectionery baking and the production of tonic beverages. The properties of eleutherococcus are highly appreciated by cosmetologists and are now one of the basic components of all kinds of creams, ointments, lotions, and hair care products. Clinical studies have established that eleutherococcus contains a huge amount of biologically active substances that improve metabolic processes in epidermal cells. It is used in the manufacture of nutritious creams for any skin that support natural elasticity and betray her tenderness and velvety. Good cosmetic properties are possessed by liquid extracts of Eleutherococcus and its decoctions added to the baths - they are used as a stimulating agent for accelerating the regeneration of skin cells. Infusion of twigs and leaves, decoction of rhizomes eleutherococcus stimulates active hair growth and prevents brittleness, strengthens the roots and effectively treats seborrhea.
Preparations based on eleutherococcus have a tonic effect, strengthen the general nonspecific resistance of the organism to various harmful effects of negative environmental factors and diseases, increase muscle tone and motor activity. The working capacity of the central nervous system increases: fatigue and apathy are removed, the person feels more cheerful, the dream improves. In addition, eleutherococcus restores vision, stimulates metabolism, normalizes hemoglobin and blood sugar levels.
Eleutherococcus is one of the strongest adaptogens. Preparations of Eleutherococcus help to adapt to sudden changes in environmental factors, including psychologically. It is indispensable for people who often move from one latitude to another, under conditions of long arctic expeditions operating in conditions of heavy hikes, in a climate with a large temperature difference. It is proved that if a child receives a drop of eleutherococcus extract within one week, the immunity reflects the illness within six months.
As a plant adaptogen normalizes blood pressure, relieves stressful conditions, returns appetite, balances redox processes, stimulates the formation of blood cells, promotes the involvement of fats in the metabolism.
As you can see, the useful properties of herb licorice and eleutherococcus, at first glance, little-known herbs in Russia, will find a worthy use in your family medicine cabinet.