yashtimadhu :

Definition

· The word Glycyrrhiza is derived from the Greek term glykos (meaning sweet) and rhiza (meaning root).

· Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn, commonly known as ‘liquorice’ and ‘sweet wood’

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: yastyahvasya, yashtimadhu, madhuka, yashti, madhur, atirasa, saumya, shoshapaha, jalaja, madhuparni, madhuyashti

The word "liquorice" is derived (via the Old French licoresse) from the Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukurrhiza), meaning "sweet root",[8] from γλυκύς (glukus), "sweet"[9] and ῥίζα (rhiza), "root",[10][11] the name provided by Dioscorides.[12] It is usually spelled "liquorice" in Commonwealth usage, but "licorice" in the United States.

यष्टीमधु तथा यष्टीमधुकं क्लीतकं तथा |

अन्यत्क्लीतनकं तत्तु भवेत्तोये मधूलिका ||१२८||

यष्टी हिमा गुरुः स्वाद्वी चक्षुष्या बलवर्णकृत् |

सुस्निग्धा शुकला केश्या स्वर्या पित्तानिलास्रजित् |

घ्राणशोथविषच्छर्दितृष्णाग्लानिक्षयापहा ||१२९||