Tiyi ya licorice (mizu ya licorice) idagwiritsidwa ntchito pochiza matenda osiyanasiyana, kuyambira kusagawika kwa chakudya mpaka chimfine. Muzu wa licorice uli ndi mankhwala opangidwa ndi biologically otchedwa glycyrrhizin, omwe amatha kukhala ndi zotsatira zabwino komanso zosafunikira mthupi. Tiyi ya mizu ya licorice sayenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali chifukwa imatha kuyambitsa mavuto, komanso sikulimbikitsidwa kuti itengere limodzi ndi mankhwala. Tiyi wotere sayenera kudyedwa ndi ana aang'ono ndi makanda.
Chimodzi mwazogwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kwa tiyi wa licorice ndikuchepetsa kudzimbidwa komanso kutentha pamtima. Angakhalenso mankhwala othandiza a zilonda zam`mimba. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wina ku University of Maryland Medical Center, muzu wa licorice wachotsa kwathunthu kapena pang'ono zilonda zam'mimba mwa 90 peresenti ya omwe adachita nawo kafukufukuyu.
Malinga ndi National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, anthu ambiri amakonda mankhwala achilengedwe a tiyi ya licorice kuti athetse zilonda zapakhosi. Ana olemera makilogalamu 23 akhoza kumwa makapu 13 a tiyi katatu patsiku chifukwa cha zilonda zapakhosi.
Pakapita nthawi, kupsinjika kumatha "kutha" ma adrenal glands ndi kufunikira kosalekeza kuti apange adrenaline ndi cortisol. Ndi tiyi ya licorice, ma adrenal glands amatha kupeza chithandizo chomwe amafunikira. Kutulutsa kwa licorice kumalimbikitsa kuchuluka kwa cortisol m'thupi mwakondoweza ndikuwongolera ma adrenal glands.
Kumwa mowa mopitirira muyeso kapena kumwa kwambiri tiyi ya licorice kungayambitse kuchepa kwa potaziyamu m'thupi, zomwe zimayambitsa kufooka kwa minofu. Matendawa amatchedwa "hypokalemia". M'maphunziro omwe adachitika pa anthu omwe amamwa tiyi mopitilira muyeso kwa milungu iwiri, kusungidwa kwamadzimadzi komanso kusokonezeka kwa metabolic kudadziwika. Zotsatira zina zimaphatikizapo kuthamanga kwa magazi ndi kugunda kwa mtima kosakhazikika. Amayi oyembekezera ndi oyamwitsa amalangizidwanso kuti asamwe tiyi ya licorice.