I am sure that many of you would have drunk Sarsi before, right? Well, sarsi is actually a sarsaparilla-based soft drink. Well, I am doing a post about it because my friend Haji Hasnin brought along a piece of wood and put it on the library table. At first I thought that he had picked up a piece of driftwood but he told me to smell it. It did smell of sarsi but when I did a search on the Web, I saw only sarsaparilla roots instead of stem. I think what he got was a very old plant and the stem grew so big. My friend, Baz, is holding up the stem of the sarsaparilla.For your information, the medicinal part of the plant is the rootstock. Besides being made into a drink, sarsaparilla is a natural herb that has been used by many individuals in connection with liver disease and syphilis. However, it is most commonly used in connection with eczema, psoriasis, and other skin disorders.
It is said to be able to increase the metabolic rate. Sarsaparilla contains the male hormone testosterone, which aids hair growth, and progesterone, the hormone produced by the ovaries. It increases blood circulation to rheumatic joints and stimulates breathing.
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