1.Management of inflammations and peptic ulcer:
 The roots and stolons of Glycyrrhiza glabra., commonly known as liquorice
 (licorice) are used both in Western and Oriental folk medicine as an expectorant,
 antitussive, for throat inflammation, for arthritis and for peptic ulcer. Continuous scientific research by intellectual research groups in
 Pharmacognosy, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Clinicians, etc., have resulted
 in countless very useful achievements such as:
 a) The preparation of aspirin, the famous anti-inflammatory analgesic drug.b) The isolation of morphine, the famous narcotic analgesic, from opium,
 followed by establishment of its SAR and the synthesis of morphine-type
 compounds including levorphanol, dextromethorphan, etorphine,
 methadone, pethidine, etc.This herb should not be prescribed as a remedy if the patient was suffering from
 hypertension, glaucoma, increased thyroid gland activity, or the existence of a
 thrombus in the coronary arteries.A. Remedies that possess physiological effect
 :
 Many herbs used in folk
 medicine contain secondary plant metabolites with marked pharmacological actions.The scientific basis of herbal medicine:
 Herbal remedies utilized by traditional healers in folk medicine may be
 categorized into those with a physiological effect and those that appear to have only
 a psychosocial effect.The practitioners of traditional medicine are not hygientic in their methods,
 their clinics, and mode of preparing remedies.The main
 chemical constituent of liquorice is glycyrrhizin, a triterpenic saponin with very low
 haemolytic index.The aglycone of glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhetic acid, showed anti
inflammatory activity in 1/8th the potency of cortisolThe proper diagnosis of a disease requires careful history
 taking, medical examination and scientific investigations.The lack of scientific proof of the efficacy of some of the herbs utilized in
 traditional medicine.2.3.3.