How it went
Did it last?
- 1 of 5 said the benefit wore off.
- No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 2 | 40% |
| Partial | 2 | 40% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 1 | 20% |
Only 5 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe | 2 | 0% |
3 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Licorice and glycyrrhizin, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 704 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1,491 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,708 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2,352 | 0.9 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2,158 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1,431 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,110 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2,201 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1,075 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2,581 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,867 | 10.2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1,166 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,000 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,237 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1,019 | 2.9 |
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 840 | 0.0 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 5 accounts
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Daughter's recovery details
The regimen for Celandine's daughter included daily liquorice root powder and salt in plant milk, weekly-then-tapering Perrin Technique osteopathy (including breast lymphatic massage), the POTS medications ivabradine and midodrine with salt tablets and 2…
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Licorice root?
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…
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Licorice and its pharmacology
Whole licorice root, dose and duration unspecified, was taken by an ME/CFS patient who described their adrenals as already cooked beforehand. Rather than helping, it accelerated their metabolism and pushed their adrenals further, causing sweating and…
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I start to relapse every time I come off equilibrant
Equilibrant, a supplement combining shiitake mushroom with selenium, astragalus, sophora flavescens, olive leaf and licorice, was taken daily for over a year, working up to six pills a day. They had a severe bacterial infection that nearly killed them,…
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Side effects of Celecoxib?
Has been taking celecoxib as part of the Pridgen Protocol for ME/CFS, alongside a gut-protective supplement, initially Lion's Mane and later switched to deglycyrrhizinated licorice over safety concerns with the first choice. Illness duration and severity are…