Licorice
alias: Guolao, licorice, Urals licorice, licorice root
Legumes and licorice are perennial herbs with strong roots and rhizomes. This is a nourishing Chinese herbal medicine. The medicinal parts are roots and rhizomes. The root is cylindrical, 25 ~ 100cm long and 0.6 ~ 3.5cm in diameter. The tightness of the outer skin is uneven, and the surface is reddish brown or grayish brown. The rhizome is cylindrical, with bud marks on the surface and pith in the middle of the node. It tastes sweet and special.
Roots and rhizomes are medicinal.
Main functions: clearing heat and detoxification, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, upper abdomen, etc. The climate is dry, with long sunshine and low temperature. Licorice mainly grows in arid and semi-arid desert grassland, desert edge and loess hilly area.
Application fields: cosmetics, solid drinks, dietary supplement, medicine and food homology, functional food, ordinary food, meal substitute powder, tablet candy, substitute tea, baked food, etc.
