What is licorice root? Licorice, or liquorice ( Glycyrrhiza glabra , family Fabaceae), is the dried root of a perennial legume that thrives in sandy alluvial soils around the Mediterranean and across ...

What is galangal? Galangal is the rhizome of plants of the genus Alpinia in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae); the two commercial species are Alpinia galanga (greater or Thai galangal) and Alpinia off...