The Cichorium Intybus is cultivated through out India. The ancient medicinal practice of ayurveda has been using the flowers, roots and leaves of this herb in curing number of ailments. Research done in recent times on the herb shows that the herb can treat liver injury. This article tries to gain further insight.
Benefits of the Herb Cichorium Intybus: The herb in grown in areas away from sunlight. This keeps the leaves of the herb tender and fresh. They are used in curing inflammation and swellings in the skin. The roots are dried and powdered to be used as a substituition for coffee. The flowers can cure jaundice and loss of appetite.
Knowledge Gained from Research about the Herb Cichorium Intybus:
- 17,000 deaths take place on roads every year in United States because of drinking and driving.
- Alcohol is the primary the substance responsible for these deaths.
- This same substance also causes damage to the vital organ liver in our body.
- Researchers from the School of Pharmacy, Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran conducted study on this herb.
- They tried to understand the role of this herb in treating liver damage.
- Instead of alcohol, the substance chloroform, equally harmful like the former, was given to the experimental rats to cause liver damage.
- Then different doses of the herb, 25 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 75 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, 125 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg were given to the rats.
- It was expected that the doses of the herb would counter the ill effects of chloroform and protect the liver from damage.
- The dose of 75mg/kg of the herb, given after 30 mins of chloroform injection in the body, was found to be the most effective in combating liver damage.
