Taking Liquorice Root to Treat Colds

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Dr. Susan Jewell, and on behalf of Expert Village, today I'm going to talk to you about the subject of how to find ways to alleviate the symptoms of colds and flus. Now in this clip, I want to recommend to you another alternative way of dealing with some of the symptoms of colds and flu, and that's to take licorice. Licorice is found to have properties that soothe the soreness of the throat and the scratchy, itchy feeling when you have some colds and flus. It also has an anesthetizing effect which helps calm some of the pain that you get from colds and flus. It calms, like I said, irritation and it relieves cough. So, it's another way to be able to deal with some of these symptoms with colds and flus is to eat licorice. And licorice can be obtained at the store in a variety of forms. Either in licorice sticks that you can bite, the licorice candy that most kids love to eat or you can buy it in a powdered form where you can add it into your cooking dishes or your drinks. So, licorice drinks that you could purchase, too, in many stores. "