Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Root, Tea Cut, Certified Organic

UZBEKISTAN. Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Root, Tea Cut, Organic Common names: Licorice, Sweetroot, Black Sugar Root, Gan Cao, Nankin-kanzō, Alsus, Shush, Lakrids , Zoethout, Mulethi, Atimaduram, Reglisse, Liquirizia, Carra-meilleFamily: Fabaceae Licorice is an herbaceous perennial native to southern and central areas of Europe and Asia. It can be found growing wild in waste areas, dry, grassy plains, and near riverbeds or abandoned rice paddies. Currently most cultivated licorice is produced in Greece, Turkey, and Asia. The plant can grow to as much as 40 inches tall in the wild, and is quite notable for its lovely flowers, ranging in color from pale-white to sky-blue or muted purple. Aside from its medicinal uses, of course, Licorice Root extracts have long been employed to sweeten candies and beverages, and formerly to flavor pipe tobacco. Its component glycyrrhizin is 30-50 times sweeter than sugar. Licorice Root has a long history of use in herbal medicine, with applications datin