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This useful and perennial herb has been known to man since ancient times. IThe licorice used in medicine is the dried root pieces of this plant in the shade; they are soft, flexible, fibrous and yellowish inside and have a sweet taste and are used in medicine. However, it has various other uses. Licorice is used to flavor tobacco, in fruit sweets and in the shoe-polish industry. 

The glycyrrhizin it contains is 50 times sweeter than sugar. The roots that are useless are used for foaming in a drink called beer. The roots are also used for flavoring and taste in tamarind, chewing gum, and many medicines. The honey extract is a tonic, mild laxative, antiseptic, expectorant (dilutes phlegm and makes it easier to fall out), sedative, restorative, analgesic, nutritious, and is effective in sore throats, genitourinary diseases, and scorpion stings. Its extract is added to change the taste of bitter medicines. Its formula is mixed in a wooden tablet under the name of maftex.

Mulethi is effective in overcoming many diseases. It contains proteins, antibiotics and antioxidant properties. It also contains calcium. Therefore, elders in the family often advise eating Mulethi if you are suffering from cold and cough.