American licorice (Glycyrrhiza americana)

美洲甘草měi zhōu gān cǎoMeizhougancao

Glycyrrhiza americana · Plant

Glycyrrhiza, standing in for Glycyrrhiza americana
This photo shows Glycyrrhiza, not Glycyrrhiza americana: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains glycyrrhizin; may cause hypertension and hypokalemia; contraindicated in hypertension, liver disorders, hypokalemia; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists American licorice for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says American licorice does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit LiverBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Glycyrrhiza americana and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Liver0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records