Licorice
Botanical Name: Glycyrrhiza glabra
Common Names and Synonyms: Liquorice-root, Spanish licorice-root,
Licorice-root.
Background: Native to southern Europe, Asia and the Middle East,
sweet tasting licorice has been used for over two thousand years to soothe
chest and throat complaints. Modern herbalists also use licorice
for its anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory properties, particularly its
healing qualities for inflamed mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
The plant flowers between May and August. In the late fall, the roots
are gathered and dried. A tea from the roots is useful in lessening
the irritation of coughs and abdominal colic.
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Licorice in the Cayce Readings
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Edgar Cayce recommended licorice primarily for its healing effects on the
mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines.
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The most common dosages for licorice were as follows:
1 grain |
18 readings |
1/2 grain |
17 readings |
1/4 grain |
4 readings |
3 grains |
2 readings |
5 grains |
1 reading |
2 grains |
1 reading |
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Several early readings which suggest licorice did not specify it as a compound,
but simply gave amounts as follows:
1 grain |
8 readings |
2 grains |
2 readings |
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Licorice was typically recommended with other substances in a compound.
Although a wide diversity of formulas were given, the most common
substances mentioned in the same readings with licorice were as follows:
Cascara |
41 readings |
Senna |
28 readings |
Yellow Saffron |
21 readings |
Sanguinaria |
13 readings |
Mandrake |
12 readings |
Tolu |
6 readings |
Ambrosia |
5 readings |
Elm |
5 readings |
Sarsaparilla |
5 readings |
Sanguinaria |
4 readings |
Yellow Dock |
4 readings |
Cayce Quotes on Licorice
3899-3
With the rhubarb and licorice we add the active
principle to the mucous membrane itself in the upper intestines, giving
off more of the properties used as a lining to the intestinal tract.
4264-1
The action of these medicinal properties is given
here to produce the proper equilibrium is this, the licorice is an active
principle, that is, the active principle in the licorice to the blood supplying
forces as they are taken from the system in the duodenum and through the
liver here as being active for new blood; the action with this, that is
with the licorice of the cascara is to produce not an excitement of the
mucous tissues of the stomach and intestines, but a condition that will
act with these to eliminate through the proper channels the poisons now
being absorbed by the blood back to the system ...
248-2
Preferably to that which has been used we would
use the preparation made by Simmons - known as Simmons Liver Regulator,
composed of licorice compound; added cascara.
5651-1
Those properties as will be found in Licorice Compound,
Cascara Sagrada, and Ambrosia weed (powdered), as an active principle for
the liver. Those as would clarify the system and as would be active
as medicinal properties.
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