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Query: UMLS:C0013395 (
dyspepsia
)
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Liquorice
is a very ancient plant widely used in the East for millennia. It has often been employed in sweets and confectionery and also for minor ailments including cough, constipation and
dyspepsia
. It was probably carried to Europe by the Cluniac order of monks. Then, almost by accident, it became established in West Yorkshire at Pontefract after the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s. Abuse of liquorice is not uncommon. It can occur in the anorexia/bulimia syndrome and also in the dangerous condition of pseudoaldosteronism, which is characterised by severe hypertension and hypokalaemia and can lead to death.
Liquorice
remains a useful sweetener for all sorts of confectionery, including sweets and cakes (together with beer and liqueurs).
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PMID:Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra): the journey of the sweet root from Mesopotamia to England. 3118 55
