Licorice Root

 The desert is the king of Herb - licorice

Licorice is the king of 100 herb, commonly used medicinal plants and industrial, pharmaceutical, food and other raw materials, domestic and international market demand is very large.

One of the most important functions of licorice is that it has a strong ability to detoxify. As Li Shizhen recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica, liquorice can relieve or alleviate the toxicity of thousands of herbs and mineral drugs, both alone and with other herbs can be combined with detoxification, can be called the "detoxification holy hand" in traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition to detoxifying and reconciling the "specialty" of many drugs, it also has a good effect of clearing away heat and moistening lung, expelling phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain and settling pain, tonifying spleen and strengthening stomach, etc. In modern medicine, licorice is also used to reduce blood lipids, treat hepatitis, prevent arteriosclerosis, and licorice even has a certain effect on the treatment of AIDS!

Licorice Root tincture effective against Coronaviruses? February 21, 2020 by Robert

Licorice has also been shown to stop the reproduction of HIV in lab studies. Caroline Snyder

Licorice Root tincture effective against Coronaviruses?

Caroline Snyder Right now, I am making my own Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza Glabra) tincture, as Licorice has been found to be one of the most effective agents against Coronaviruses. The commercial product is being cleaned from the shelves of mail order outlets as there are obviously others who think like me!

The Institute of Medical Virology in Frankfurt had researchers test four pharmaceuticals against a compound found in the root of licorice plants for the treatment of coronavirus from SARS patients.

The Lancet published the results which showed that licorice out performed all of the four drugs in so far as inhibiting the virus. Licorice greatly reduced the virus's ability to reproduce itself as well as inhibit the virus from penetrating healthy cells. Licorice has also been shown to stop the reproduction of HIV in lab studies.

LINK to Glycyrrhizin, an active component of liquorice roots, and replication of SARS-associated coronavirus

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(03)13615-X/fulltext Caution however, as Licorice can elevate blood pressure!