Licorice root?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Aug 2021
Summary
Licorice root, taken twice daily for about a decade, is credited by an ME/CFS patient with resolving orthostatic symptoms: they report being able to stand without feeling faint, which they could not do before starting it. No dose, illness duration before starting, or overall severity grade is given. The benefit is described as ongoing rather than a one-time cure, since they say they have kept taking it twice daily for ten years. No relapse is mentioned, but continued daily use appears to be required to maintain the effect.
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