How Can Licorice Help With Your HIV Symptoms?
What Is Licorice?
Licorice is native to Mediterranean countries.
The licorice rhizome is used for its medicinal purposes.
Rhizome licorice contains the following ingredients:
- Flavonoids
- Glycrrhizin
- Phytoestrogens
How Can Licorice Help With Your HIV Symptoms?
Studies have shown that licorice is thought to have the ability to stop the spread of the HIV infection.
In clinical studies, there has been some evidence that licorice can help in the treatment of HIV when it is taken by mouth.
Other clinical trials have shown that the substance glycyrrhizin, which is isolated from licorice, can help AIDS sufferers when it is injected.
Note: another form of licorice called deglycyrrhizinated licorice, DGL for short, has shown not to have any beneficial effects for HIV positive people.
How Much Licorice Do You Need To Take To Help You With Your HIV Symptoms?
To help with your HIV and AIDS symptoms, try taking 2g per day of licorice root tablets or as a tea.
Warning: this is a high licorice dose, it is very important to take licorice root under the supervision of your doctor or health practitioner.
It is known that licorice root in large doses can cause side-effects of water retention and high blood pressure.
If you are taking diuretics or digoxin, if you are pregnant or you have the following health conditions, you should avoid taking licorice:
- Low Potassium Levels
- Liver Disease
- Kidney Failure
- High Blood Pressure
So, To Sum Up Licorice And HIV…
- Traditionally, licorice rhizome is used for its medicinal purposes
- The ingredients within licorice can be beneficial to HIV and AIDS sufferers when taken by mouth or injected
- Licorice in the deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) form has shown not to be beneficial to HIV positive people
- Doctor supervision needs to be taken before taking licorice root as side-effects can occur in certain people
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