Glycyrrhiza Glabra Dry Ginger Soup drug formula for licorice, dry ginger, Shu pepper, epiphyllum.

Glycyrrhiza glabra leguminosae perennial herb, root outer skin brown inside yellowish, sweet taste, stem erect, multi-branched, leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, margins or full margins slightly undulate, butterfly-shaped flowers are usually purple, white or yellow, flowering period May-July, fruiting period of June-October, in the When fresh licorice is collected, if the root is peeled and chewed in the mouth, a sweet taste can be felt immediately, hence the name licorice.

Glycyrrhiza glabra is distributed in northeastern China, north China and Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shandong and other regions, with the best quality of the products produced by Inner Mongolia Ikezhaomeng Hangjin Banner, September 2021 licorice is included in the list of national key protection of wild plants is the national level II protection of plants, licorice often grows in alkaline sandy, sunny and dry sandy, desert edge and loess hilly terrain, to the seed reproduction is the main, can also be rooted stem reproduction.

Habitat

Glycyrrhiza glabra is often found in arid sandy land, sandy riverbanks, grassland on mountain slopes, and salinized soils at an altitude of 400~2700 meters. Soil pH to neutral or slightly alkaline is preferred, in the acidic soil growth is poor. Licorice also has a certain degree of salt tolerance, but can not grow on heavily salinized soil. Licorice likes light, and adequate light conditions are important for normal growth of licorice.

Strong adaptability to temperature. It is drought-resistant and afraid of waterlogging, suitable for growing in sandy soil with deep, well-drained layers and low water table, and can form separate populations in arid desert areas. It is distributed in China in Gansu, Liaoning, Shandong, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Hebei, Xinjiang, Beijing, Nei Mongol, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, and Qinghai, and in Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and Korea are also distributed.