Subject: Re: Licorice....can anyone tell me about it?

From: [email-masked]
Date: 05 Oct 1995 05:24:24 PST

The action of Licorice is like that of the hormone ACTH,
causing retention of sodium and potassium and a rise in blood pressure.
Although the plant contians asparagine which acts to counter this
tendancy, aviod ;icorice of you have high blood pressure or kidney
diseasepr are pregnant. Avoid prolong use of long doses.