Licorice
Licorice is a perennial plant that grows up to 1.5 m in height. It comes from the Mediterranean (mainly cultivated in Greece and Turkey). It came to us in the 16th century. It earned the name "sweet wood" for its characteristically sweet taste.
Aroma: Licorice is often considered and confused for an identical aroma with anise, but in its pure form it is different. It has an intensely sweet, but also rich, rooty, slightly caramel aroma.
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USE:
✅For medicinal purposes, the root of the plant is mainly used, which contains the most active substances such as coumarins, thioestrogens and saponins (mainly glycyrrhizin, which stimulates the adrenal glands to produce certain hormones and increases the level of the antiviral substance interferon, produced by the immune system).
✅Licorice has antioxidant, antibacterial and antiviral effects.
✅Helps with skin problems (externally used as a supporting agent for creams in the treatment of eczema).
✅It has been known for centuries thanks to its whitening effects on the skin. Licorice can be found in a wide range of cosmetic products - body and skin care products, make-up, but also in toothpastes, where it is added for its antiseptic effects
✅Medicinal teas, tinctures, syrups, etc. are prepared from it.
✅It has an irreplaceable place in the cosmetics and perfume industry.
✅Food industry.
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