* Glycyrrhizin can cause [[potassium]] levels in the body to fall. When that happens, some people experience abnormal heart rhythms, as well as high blood pressure, edema (swelling), lethargy, and congestive heart failure.
* Contains [[Coumarin]].
* Drug Interaction : The sweetening compound glycyrrhizin in black licorice may reduce the effects of some blood pressure drugs or urine-producing drugs including Hydrodiuril (hydrochlorothiazide) and Aldactone (spironolactone). It may increase the toxicity risks from Lanoxin (digoxin), used to treat congestive heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.
==The benefits of Liquorice are:==
* [[Demulcent]] properties.
* [[Addison's Disease]] : Research showed that licorice appeared to be successful in reversing the effects of Addison’s disease (Davis 1991). With advances in scientific research in the 1980s, it was found that a chemical compound, called glycyrrhetinic acid, present in licorice causes changes in adrenal steroid metabolism, resulting in increased levels of corticosterone in animals and cortisol in humans (Davis 1991).
* [[Eczema]] : rubbing black licorice on the skin can relieve eczema.
==Used in Formulation==
* [[Chyawanprash]]
* [[Kayam Churna]]
* [[Sharbat Zoofa Murakkab]]
* [[Sharbat Sadar]]
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