Glycyrrhiza uralensis, a medicinal and edible herb with the same origin

November 29, 2023

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, also known as Guolao, Sweetgrass, Ural Licorice, and Sweet Roots. Leguminous and licorice perennial herbs with thick roots and rhizomes are a type of nourishing Chinese Herbal Medicine. It mostly grows in arid and semi-arid desert grasslands, desert edges, and loess hilly areas. Roots and rhizomes are used for medicinal purposes.

Pharmacopoeia records

This product is a legume plant, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch Glycyrrhiza inflata Bat Dry roots and rhizomes of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Harvest in spring and autumn, remove fibrous roots, and dry in the sun.

Traits:

Licorice: The root is cylindrical, 25-100cm long, with a diameter of 0.6-3.5cm. The elasticity of the outer skin varies. The surface is reddish brown or grayish brown, with significant longitudinal wrinkles, grooves, pores, and sparse fine root marks. Solid in texture, slightly fibrous in cross-section, yellow white in color, powdery in color, forming a distinct layered ring with radiating rays and some with cracks. The rhizome is cylindrical, with bud marks on the surface and pulp in the middle of the cross-section. Mild in flavor, sweet and unique in taste.

Swelling fruit licorice: The roots and rhizomes have thick and sturdy wood, some branches, rough outer skin, and are often gray brown or gray brown. Hard texture, abundant wood fibers, and low powdery properties. The rhizome has numerous and thick adventitious buds.

Light fruit licorice: The texture of the roots and rhizomes is relatively solid, some are branched, the outer skin is not rough, mostly gray brown, and the pores are thin and not obvious.

Nature, taste, and meridians: sweet, smooth. Guixin, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians.

Functions and indications: tonifying the spleen and tonifying qi, clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain slowly, and harmonizing various medicines. Used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue and weakness, palpitations and shortness of breath, coughing and phlegm accumulation, abdominal and limb spasms and pain, carbuncle and ulcer toxicity, to alleviate drug toxicity and intensity.

Usage and dosage: 2-10g.

Storage: Store in a well ventilated and dry place to prevent moths.

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The application of licorice

Medicinal:

Licorice is a commonly used bulk medicinal herb, a variety that can be used as both medicine and food, ranking among the top of various medicines. It is the most commonly used medicine in clinical practice. Licorice can clear heat and detoxify, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and harmonize the properties of various medicines; Roasted licorice can nourish the spleen and qi, with a large clinical dosage and export volume.

In addition to being used as a traditional medicinal herb and modern pharmaceutical raw material, licorice can also be used as a sweetener in candies, beverages, cigarettes, and a whitening agent in cosmetics.

Consumption:

Licorice is also widely used in the food industry, refining candies, candies, and chewing gum.

The content of glycyrrhetinic acid in licorice is about 7% to 27%. Glycyrrhetinic acid, also known as glycyrrhizin, is an efficient triterpenoid saponin sweetener with a sweetness about 50 times that of sucrose. Ammonium glycyrrhizinate, as a sweetener, is mainly used in preserved fruits, candies, biscuits, canned meat, seasonings, and beverages.

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2023-12-28

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