Yastimadhu herb also known as licorice

Yashtimadhu herb is sweet and cooling. In Ayurvedic medicine, Yastimadhu is used as a demulcent, mild expectorant and anti-inflammatory agent. Yashtimadhu may have mild aphrodisiac properties.

The roots of Yastimadhu herb contain the saponin glycyrrhizin. Flavonoid rich fractions include liquirtin, isoliquertin liquiritigenin and rhamnoliquirilin.

Effect of some Sitavirya drugs on gastric secretion and ulceration.
Indian J Exp Biol. 1997 October. Department of Dravyaguna, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Four Sitavirya plants viz. Satavari (fresh root juice, 1250 mg/kg), Yastimadhu (water decoction of root, 600 mg/kg), Kutaja and Aswattha (water decoctions of bark; 400 and 500 mg/kg respectively) were studied for their effects on different models of gastroduodenal ulcers in rats, when given orally for 3 days. All of them were found to protect the animals against 2 hr cold restraint stress and pylorus ligation-induced gastric and cysteamine-induced duodenal ulcers. However, they were ineffective against acute aspirin-induced gastric ulcers. The antiulcerogenic effect could be due to their inhibitory effect on offensive acid-pepsin secretion and augmentation of mucosal defensive factors in terms of enhanced mucin secretion and decreased cell shedding.

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