🔼: [[🛠 Medicinal Plants 🌿]] # Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) [^1] --- (“Liquorice” is the British English spelling — same plant.) Parts used: Roots Highly beneficial for the [[Endocrine System]] and works best over a period of weeks or months. > [!Warning] > Licorice is safe, even for children, but not recommended for people with High Blood Pressure and / or have trouble with water retention. If on heart medication, ask a doctor before taking it. ## Uses - [[💡 Fatigue]] - [[💡 Depression]] - Soothing sore throat, coughs, colds, ulcers, and stomach [[💡 Inflammation]]. - Healthy for the lungs, digestive system, and colon. - Often used alone or with [[🌿 Lemon Balm]] to treat herpes, shingles, or other viral infections. - Often used to balance flavors in blends of less pleasant-tasting herbs. ## Using Licorice - For [[💡 Fatigue]] drink 2-3 cups [[💡 Tea]] a day, blended with other [[Endocrine System]] tonic herbs like [[🌿 Wild Yam]], [[🌿 Sarsaparilla]], [[🌿 Burdock Root]], and [[🌿 Sassafras]] - For sore throats, [[🌿 Licorice Cough Syrup]] - For bronchial [[💡 Inflammation]], combine with [[🌿 Pleurisy Root]] and [[🌿 Elecampane]] - For digestive [[💡 Inflammation]] or ulcers, combine with [[🌿 Marsh Mallow Root]] - [[💡 Tinctures|Tincture]], [[💡 Capsules]] - Teas and syrups - A cough syrup can be made if you combine powdered [[🌿 Licorice]] and honey ## Related - [[On Plant Medicine Dosage...]] - [[🦮 How to Source Herbs]] [^1]: [[📖 ✅ Herbs for Stress & Anxiety - How to Make and Use Herbal Remedies to Strengthen the Nervous System]]