Not Just Candy: How to Use Licorice Root Safely

The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy

Sajah Popham

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Licorice is likely one of the most commonly used herbs across the world because it has such a wide range of effects and ways it can be used. Despite its popularity, there are contraindications that are often overlooked. This herb can increase blood pressure in both healthy and vulnerable populations. However, by understanding its effects on the cardiovascular system and how to use it safely, you can use this herb confidently in your herbal practice.

In today's episode, you'll learn about:

The medicinal benefits of Licorice in a formula or by itself
The side effects and contraindications of Licorice
The difference between standard and deglycyrrhizinated Licorice
How to safely dose with this herb
Traditional methods for using Licorice

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The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.

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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.

His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves.

He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism.
0:25.0	Hey there, everybody, Sagea Popham here.
0:27.2	I'm the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism.
0:30.3	And welcome to this week's episode.
0:32.8	We're going to be talking about a super important issue here around the remedy licorice root or glyceriza
0:40.9	glabra.
0:41.9	This is a very powerful herbal medicine that has been used across the world.
0:46.9	Of course, it originates in Chinese medicine, used in Ayurvedic medicine.
0:52.6	But as these Eastern traditions of medicine have been making their way west over the decades,
0:58.0	licorice is one of those herbs that has become so deeply integrated into Western herbalism
1:03.0	that it is basically a Western herb.
1:06.0	At this point, it's a staple in many an apothecary and clinic.
1:11.6	And it's very important to understand how to use this plant correctly and especially know
1:18.6	how to use this plant safely.
1:21.4	There are a number of safety considerations for using licorice root that are very important to follow so that you
1:31.0	don't create any problems in the people that you are working with.
1:34.8	Of course, our goal as herbalists is to help people, is to heal people.
1:39.2	Our worst nightmare is to create another problem for them. And so we definitely don't want to do that.
1:47.0	So this week's post is all about a question that we recently got from a student about
1:53.0	someone who actually ended up in the hospital with a heart issue from licorice.
1:59.0	And so we're going to dive into this a little bit more.
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