yashtimadhu :
Definition
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The word Glycyrrhiza is derived
from the Greek term glykos (meaning sweet) and rhiza (meaning root).
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Glycyrrhiza
glabra Linn, commonly known as ‘liquorice’ and ‘sweet wood’
Synonyms
Synonyms in Ayurveda: yastyahvasya, yashtimadhu, madhuka, yashti, madhur, atirasa, saumya, shoshapaha, jalaja, madhuparni, madhuyashtiThe 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||
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