IT IS USED AS A FLAVOURING AND SWEETENING AGENT. IT HAS DEMULCENT AND EXPECTORANT PROPERTIES. DEGLYCYRRHIZINISED LIQUORICE HAS A REDUCED MINERALOCORTICOID ACTIVITY AND USED, USUALLY IN COMBINATION WITH ANTACIDS FOR PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE. IT MAY ALSO POSSESS SOME ANTISPASMODIC AND LAXATIVE PROPERTIES.