Glycyrrhiza uralensis Glycyrrhiza uralensis Glycyrrhiza uralensis, also known as Chinese liquorice, is a flowering plant native to Asia. It is used as a sweetener and in traditional Chinese medicine. Liquorice root, or 'radix glycyrrhizae', is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name "gancao" ("kan-tsao"; , pinyin: gāncǎo). It is usually collected in spring and autumn, when it is removed from the rootlet and dried in the sun. Liquorice root is most commonly produced in the Shanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang regions of China. As well as traditional Chinese medicine, liquorice root is used in
Pontefract Monkhill railway station Pontefract Monkhill railway station Pontefract Monkhill railway station is the busiest station in the town of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Pontefract Line managed by Northern but is also served by Grand Central and is south east of Leeds. The other stations in the town are Pontefract Tanshelf and Pontefract Baghill. The lines to Leeds via Castleford and Wakefield Kirkgate separate immediately west of the station, which was opened by the "Wakefield, Pontefract & Goole Railway" (one of the constituent companies of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) in April 1848. The branch to Castleford (Cutsyke) &