Re: fibrinogen, hyper-coagulation and licorice/Dave

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Dave, I don't know about licorice and hypercoagulation - it doesn't have

that effect on me but perhaps I don't take enought or the right type. I am

really sensitive to anything that raises cortisol, it makes me feel

terrible. *But I just want to say that you were the first person I met on

the net, years ago now, that suggested something to me that to this day

works - and you mention it below - when I feel bad, sort of

" toxic-yuck-bad " one dose of aspirin clears this up for a few hours to days.

Thank you.

>

> Licorice extract has been used successfully by many with CFS. It was

> always thought that licorice worked by increasing cortisol activity.

> But maybe this is not the only way the licorice extract helps? I

> just stumpled accross the abstract below and was hoping someone who

> knows more about the theory of hyper-coagulation in CFS might comment.

>

> If licorice is inhibiting thrombin and thrombin is contributing to

> hyper-coagulation, then hyper-coagulation might be related to CFS.

> This might also explain why asprin helps relieve severe attacks of

> fatigue. Dave W