LIQUORICE IS USED IS A FLAVOURING AND SWEETENING AGENT AND HAS DEMULCENT AND EXPECTORANT PROPERTIES. IT HAS ULCER HEALING PROPERTIES WHICH MAY RESULT FROM STIMULATION OF MUCUS SYNTHESIS. AND ALSO HAS MILD ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND MINERALOCORTICOID PROPERTIES. LIQUORICE POSSESS SOME ANTISPASMODIC AND LAXATIVE PROPERTIES. DEGLYCYRRHIZINISED LIQUORICE HAS A MINERALOCORTICOID ACTIVITY, USED IN COMBINATION WITH ANTACIDS FOR PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE.