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Today, licorice is used as a folk or traditional remedy for stomach ulcers, bronchitis, and sore throat, as well as infections caused by viruses, such as hepatitis. Peeled licorice root is available in dried and powdered forms. Licorice root is available as capsules, tablets, and liquid extracts. Licorice can be found with glycyrrhizin removed; the product is called DGL (for âdeglycyrrhizinated licoriceâ).
LICORICE. Licorice root contains a substance called glycyrrhizin that is 50 times sweeter than ordinary sugar. Spain is the largest producer of licorice. 90% of the licorice used as a flavoring is used to flavor tobacco. Licorice candy contains small amounts of licorice, but the main flavor ingredient of licorice candy is anise. Carbenoxolone, a compound derived from licorice root, has been used to help healing of peptic ulcers.