Tag: licorice
Licorice Root Benefits
Licorice root contains many anti-depressant compounds and is an excellent alternative to St. John’s Wort. As a herbal medicine it has an impressive list of well documented uses and is probably one of the most over-looked of all herbal wonders. Licorice is useful for many ailments including: Health benefits Healing substances Hundreds of potentially healing…
What is Licorice?
Licorice is a very well known herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In China, it is called “gancao” (meaning “sweet grass”) and has been recorded in the Shennong׳s Classic of Materia Medica around 2100 BC. Licorice was supposed to have life-enhancing properties. During the following thousands of years licorice has been present in most of Chinese traditional…