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licorice root

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Intensely sweet root, soothing and rounding.

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licorice root

CHEMISTRY

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₄₂H₆₂O₁₆
glycyrrhizin
C₄₂H₆₂O₁₆

sweet, soothing

USED IN

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No.015
Woman Well-Being Brew
a warming, soothing brew for well-being
No.019
Sweet Digestive Tea
a sweet, settling after-dinner pot
No.020
Gentle Gas Relief Tea
a quiet cure for a heavy belly
No.042
Low Tide
a mint-free calm for nausea and reflux

IN THE JOURNAL

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Note.22
Anise is not thirteen times sweeter than sugar, and nobody has ever checked
Note.21
Nobody was poisoned by the herb on the label
Note.12
Licorice has a ceiling