Ningshan Guosheng licorice powder processing

Product Name: licorice powder
(Latin name) Radix glycyrrizae
 
(English) quote, licorice root
 
It is also called sweet grass root and dense grass

 
The source is the root and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza uralensis flsch

 
Harvest in spring and autumn, remove fibrous roots and dry them in the sun

Medicinal part: root and rhizome
 
Characters: the root is cylindrical, 25 ~ 100cm long and 0
6 ~ 3
5cm in diameter
The outer skin has different tightness
The surface is reddish brown or grayish brown, with longitudinal wrinkles, lenticels and fine root marks
The texture is solid, and the cross section is slightly fibrous, yellowish white
There are bud marks on the surface of the rhizome, and the section is pithy
It tastes sweet and special

 
Chemical composition the root and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza contain glycyrrhizin, which is the potassium and calcium salt of glycyrrhizicacid
It also contains liquiritin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, neoliquiritin, neoisoliquiritigenin, etc

 
It is mild in nature and sweet in taste