The Chinese have used licorice for medicinal purposes since ancient times. The essence of the Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) plan, glycrrhizin, is 50 time sweeter than sugar. Chewing on bits of licorice root is said to enhance love and lust. It is particularly stimulating to woman.
Liquorice is deep rooting and is best grown in the ground. It does not usually grow well in containers unless they are large and very deep. Liquorice is a potent tasting herb, which is used traditionally in making the confectionery which bears the same name although some liquorice sweets are now made today using artificial flavouring. While it has its own healing properties, it is often used to flavour other medicinal herbs.
Liquorice is obtained from the natural roots of the plant Glycyrrihiza Glabra. This perennial, which grows to five feet high has dark green leaves and pale mauve flowers and thrives best in sandy dry soil near a natural water source. Liquorice is grown as a root crop mainly in southern Europe. The root of the plant is simply dug up, washed and chewed as mouth-freshener. Historically, it is also linked with Pontefract in Yorkshire, England, which has an annual liquorice festival. Liquorice is a spice and flavourant that has a long history of use. Thorough research studies and clinical trails have shown its effectiveness in chest related diseases and for patients with ulcers. Liquorice is popular in Italy (particularly in the South) and Spain in its natural form.
Liquorice is a very popular confectionery. Annually 32 million kilo liquorice is consumed in the Netherlands, but the production is even much higher. Liquorice is also a powerful anti-inflammatory and soothing herb useful for peptic ulcers, gastritis, indigestion, dry irritating coughs , pharyngitis and laryngitis. It helps the body to dissolve mucus in the lungs and bronchial tubes, and also works as an anti-spasmodic , thus suppressing dry, tickly coughs.
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