Liquiritiae radix

Liquorice root, drug obtained from the unpeeled or peeled dried root of Glycyrrhiza glabra the liquorice shrub. There are positive monographs of the Commission E and the ESCOP.

Active ingredients are: 2-15% glycyrrhizin (according to PH.Eur. at least 4% of dry weight), glycyrrhetinic acid, mannitol, glucose, sucrose, flavone glycosides (e.g. liquiritin).

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HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: dyspeptic complaints, heartburn, expectorant in cold-related coughESCOP monograph
: gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastritis; expectorant in cough and bronchial catarrh.
Commission E monograph: Upper respiratory tract catarrh, ventriculi/duodeni ulcer.

Dyspeptic complaints, heartburn, mucolytic agent in cold-related cough, bronchitis, ulcus ventriculi/duodeni, aphthae.

An extract of licorice can also be used successfully for chloasma.

Externally, as an ointment significant improvement of erythema, edema and pruritus (double-blind, placebo-controlled study; Abramowitz et al) Commercial preparation: Atopiclair®.

Severe liver disease, hypertension, existing angina pectoris, terminal renal failure, pregnancy (see also explanations under glycyrrhizin), potassium deficiency. Pregnancy.
No knowledge of the use of liquorice root in children and adolescents under 18 years of age.

Various tea mixtures are offered for the different indications, mostly as combination preparations:

Bladder Kidney Tea Stada® N, Bladder Kidney Tea Uroflux® Tea Infusion Powder, Bronchostad®, Chest and Cough Tea-Stada® N, Buccotean®TF, Dr. Klinger's stomach tea, Fugacid® bladder tea, Fugacid® neurogast tea, urinary tea 400, skin and blood cleansing tea, Heumann bronchial tea Solubifix® N, Heumann stomach tea Solu-Vetan® NG, Kneipp®Gastropressan, gastrointestinal tea, Nieron® bladder and kidney tea VI, Orbis® bladder and kidney tea, Orbis® cough and bronchial tea, Renob® bladder and kidney tea, Solu-Vetan® NG cum Belladonna, Warando® laxative tea

Lakriment Pastilles® (mono-preparation): dosage: 1-1-1 or 2-2-2/day

Externally: Atopiclair®

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3. Sun C et al. (2008) Analysis of glycyrrhizic acid and liquiritin in liquorice root with microwave-assisted micellar extraction and pre -concentration. Phytochem Anal 19:160-163.
4. Yang XL et al. (2013) Study on in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of total flavonoids from Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma and its ingredients. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 38:99-104.
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6. Abramovits W et al. (2006) A multicenter, randomized, vehicle-controlled clinical study to examine the efficacy and safety of MAS 063 DP (Atopiclair) in the management of mildto

   moderate atopic dermatitis in adults. J Drugs Dermatol 5: 236-244