You’ve tried vitamin C, hydroquinone, and countless expensive brightening products to fade stubborn dark spots, but licorice root extract might be the gentle yet effective solution you’ve been ...

Licorice is a plant native to the Mediterranean and Western Asian regions. The root of the licorice plant has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Chinese medicine has long used licorice root ...

A top physician warns that mixing a common black candy with specific heart drugs can lead to life-threatening complications ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side. On Sept. 23, 2020, doctors reported that black ...

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If you were planning on wolfing down black licorice for Halloween, you may want to choose something less risky to your heart, like candy corn. Not that candy corn is good for your heart. (It's not ...

Licorice is at once the most mysterious and the most familiar of plants. The use and refinement of this sweet root have followed the march of civilization. Licorice was treasured by ancient man. In ...

What does licorice taste like? For me it’s sweet, earthy, herbal, sharp, wild, and dark, with a whole world opening up inside that flavor. But when I bite into some of the salty licorice that ...