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<p>home-claude: disambiguation page for the two clinically distinct licorice species (Western / Chinese)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Disambiguation}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Licorice&#039;&#039;&#039; may refer to one of two clinically distinct species sharing the common name:<br /> <br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Western licorice]]&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Glycyrrhiza glabra]]) - the Mediterranean and Western Asian species, the historical centroid of European, Ayurvedic, and Unani licorice use; carries the load-bearing pseudohyperaldosteronism safety story; the basis of modern deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) preparations.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Chinese licorice]]&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Glycyrrhiza uralensis]]) - the East Asian species, the central TCM licorice (gan cao); the harmonizer of approximately sixty percent of classical Chinese herbal formulas.<br /> <br /> Whole-stick or powdered &quot;licorice&quot; of unspecified species is often unidentifiable as glabra or uralensis after processing; the two are routinely substituted in commerce. The clinical pharmacology of glycyrrhizin and pseudohyperaldosteronism is essentially shared across the two species.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Disambiguation]]</div>

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