Liquorice Root

[Petrichor]

Okay, so oddly specific but I need some help here because Google tells me only so much.

I've been meditating and thinking a lot of a life I had in France in the Middle Ages and suddenly I started having weird cravings, mostly for berries and liquorice, which I pretty much never eat. I didn't think it was pastlife related at all.

But then, when I ate liquorice again today, I suddenly had a vague image in my head of being a young girl and making fun of one of our friends with another girl. I think the other girl told me about something silly this person had said or done and the next sentence I said, formed completely in my mind:

"She just needs to bite on a liquorice root!"

The intention behind my words was a little mocking, almost like that of someone who today would say something like "she needs to get laid".

I also got an image of liquorice root in my head, and I was positive I had never seen liquorice root in this life, so I googled it and the images matched my memory.

Because Google only tells me that liquorice root was a common medicine in Europe in the Middle ages, and not much else, I want to know:

1) If a wealthy peasant in France durind the 14th or 15th century would have liquorice root
2) if it would be dried roots or powder for tea etc.
3) what medicinal purposes exactly would it be used for? What specifically in this girl's behaviour could I have meant liquorice root could cure?

Basically I'm trying to figure out if this was a memory from the time period I was thinking so hard about, or if it's from another time and/or place, because I'm pretty certain the memory was genuine: my recollection of liqourice root was accurate though I had no knowledge of it in this life until now. Saying small "smartass" stuff like this would match my medieval France personality perfectly but I guess it could be from another time as well.

If there just happens to be an expert on herbs out there, or anyone with a hunch, I would greatly appreciate any input.

 

[Eva1942]

Maybe these links will help?

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323761 ( Benefits of Liquorice Root).

https://www.botanicalmedicine.org/licorice-root-antiviral-antimicrobial-antifungal/

Also Liquorice root was used mostly to treat gastrointestinal problems. In this lifetime, I found that chewing on some liquorice (the pure liquorice confectionary) was more beneficial to soothing my indigestion and heartburn better than what Gavescon ever did.

Do I think a wealthy French peasant would have had access to Liquorice root? Well... you were wealthy, so yes... you could have bought anything you desired with your wealth, but the question remains: how popular was it in France around that time?

Eva x

 

[Petrichor]

Thanks Eva!

I'm somewhat aware of the medicinal uses of liquorice after some research, and your links provided some I had not heard of, but none has really made me think "That must be it!". It's difficult to confirm which uses were common in which contry in which time during the Middle Ages because most articles are based on resent research. My original assumption when I had that memory was that I was referring to liquorice as a laxative but I'm not sure, at all, because that's knowledge I have definitely been aware of in this lifetime, so it could've been just me interpreting that memory.

According to the books and articles I was able to find through my Google search, liquorice root was common all over Europe from rather early Middle Ages, but I'm unable to find whether or not "common" meant that nobility used it all over Europe, or if peasants with some money would've had it as well...

Apparently it was used in France as tea in the Middle Ages but I'm unable to find if dried roots as themselves were used. (The image in my mind was particularly of these wood-like roots). Apparently they were used in Germany. (Unfortunately I was not systhematic, and don't rememeber where I read this anymore.) If I lived in an area with German influences, then maybe roots might have been used...

 

[Petrichor]

A book called "Growing Up In the Middle Ages" says that people would give liquorice root to children to suck on when they were teething. Could I have been trying to imply that the girl was being childish? :'D Heh...

 

[Polaris8]

Okay, so oddly specific but I need some help here because Google tells me only so much.

I've been meditating and thinking a lot of a life I had in France in the Middle Ages and suddenly I started having weird cravings, mostly for berries and liquorice, which I pretty much never eat. I didn't think it was pastlife related at all.

But then, when I ate liquorice again today, I suddenly had a vague image in my head of being a young girl and making fun of one of our friends with another girl. I think the other girl told me about something silly this person had said or done and the next sentence I said, formed completely in my mind:

"She just needs to bite on a liquorice root!"

The intention behind my words was a little mocking, almost like that of someone who today would say something like "she needs to get laid".

I also got an image of liquorice root in my head, and I was positive I had never seen liquorice root in this life, so I googled it and the images matched my memory.

Because Google only tells me that liquorice root was a common medicine in Europe in the Middle ages, and not much else, I want to know:

1) If a wealthy peasant in France durind the 14th or 15th century would have liquorice root
2) if it would be dried roots or powder for tea etc.
3) what medicinal purposes exactly would it be used for? What specifically in this girl's behaviour could I have meant liquorice root could cure?

Basically I'm trying to figure out if this was a memory from the time period I was thinking so hard about, or if it's from another time and/or place, because I'm pretty certain the memory was genuine: my recollection of liqourice root was accurate though I had no knowledge of it in this life until now. Saying small "smartass" stuff like this would match my medieval France personality perfectly but I guess it could be from another time as well.

If there just happens to be an expert on herbs out there, or anyone with a hunch, I would greatly appreciate any input.

Petricho, interesting post! It is well known that smells, food, certain kinds of music, traveling abroad ect.. can be triggers of PL memories to surface from the subconscious. For me smelling rosemary brings back memories of the middles ages just as fresh cut grass on a summers day takes me back to my childhood in this lifetime.

We don't realize just how complex we really are as the nature of our true self remains hidden below the surface of the present personality being lived out in this lifetime.

Thanks for the post and for sharing your story.

Love and peace

P.

 

[Petrichor]

Petricho, interesting post! It is well known that smells, food, certain kinds of music, traveling abroad ect.. can be triggers of PL memories to surface from the subconscious. For me smelling rosemary brings back memories of the middles ages just as fresh cut grass on a summers day takes me back to my childhood in this lifetime.

We don't realize just how complex we really are as the nature of our true self remains hidden below the surface of the present personality being lived out in this lifetime.

Thanks for the post and for sharing your story.

Love and peace

P.

Indeed!

My food thing seems to continue... I got another strange craving for something I haven't eaten in this life a lot: barley. Porridge specifically. Despite being into the history of Middle Ages even before I had any memories from that time, I had never researched food much. And when I had, it was in English which isn't my native language and though I did know that barley would be common for Middle Ages I didn't know what barley was! Until I got this strange craving for it just today and googled what the thing I craved for was in English, learning that barley porridge was indeed something I probably ate daily in the Middle Ages! Strange how I've never paid that much attention to food before. I'm gonna make myself some barley porridge as soon as I can and see if that too brings a weird conversation to my mind. xD Well, maybe not, but I do want to eat it now!

 

[There and back again]

Didn't know there was any significance in that part of the world but did read a ways back that those who particularly disliking often had a past life in China or in the general area where it is common either as a treat or in this case for treating problems.

 

[Speedwell]

Indeed!

My food thing seems to continue... I got another strange craving for something I haven't eaten in this life a lot: barley. Porridge specifically. Despite being into the history of Middle Ages even before I had any memories from that time, I had never researched food much. And when I had, it was in English which isn't my native language and though I did know that barley would be common for Middle Ages I didn't know what barley was! Until I got this strange craving for it just today and googled what the thing I craved for was in English, learning that barley porridge was indeed something I probably ate daily in the Middle Ages! Strange how I've never paid that much attention to food before. I'm gonna make myself some barley porridge as soon as I can and see if that too brings a weird conversation to my mind. xD Well, maybe not, but I do want to eat it now!

Barley can be an ingredient in soups and stews too. Just a small amount, not the main ingredient. It adds a certain something.