Correspondence Address:
Dr. Chetan M. Gulhane. Add: Mira Road, Thane, 401107, India. Email-Id : drchetanayu@gmail.com
Date of Acceptance: 2020-03-19
Date of Publication:2020-05-19
Article-ID:IJIM_4_05_20 https://ijim.co.in
Source of Support: NIL
Conflict of Interest: NIL
How To Cite This Article: Gulhane CM, Agarkar Deepali, Thakar AB. Systemic review of Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn); A potent Ayurvedic herb against Covid-19 pandemic ?. Int. J Ind. Med. 2020;1(1):20-26.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced till date. Ayurveda is a since of life main focus of Ayurveda to cure the disease root cause and maintain the health of healthy individuals. Yastimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra), also known as liquorice and sweet wood, liquorice has been described as ‘the grandfather of herbs’. which is a natural herb for cough and has expectorant properties. It can also reduce infection of the upper respiratory tract. Yashtimadhu or liquorice has been included in Indian pharmacopeia as well as in literatures of many other ancient civilizations namely Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Chinese. In Ayurveda Yashtimadhu is one of the important plant which is been referred in many texts with many therapeutically uses. Glycyrrhizin does not allow the virus cell binding. Thus, it is found to have a prominent antiviral activity. Resent researches suggest that liquorice can be used to neutralize the activeness of COVID-19 and it can be used as an antiviral drug.
Keywords: Yashtimadhu, Glycyrrhiza glabra, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
