The beneficial and medicinal properties of licorice can be talked about indefinitely. The composition of licorice root is rich in mineral salts, organic acids, pectins, saponins, starch, gums, mucus, glucose, flavonoids, sucrose, asparagine, glycyrrhizin, vitamins and minerals. Licorice root has a wound healing, antispasmodic, enveloping, antimicrobial, antipyretic, antiviral and expectorant effect. Licorice root is used not only for medicinal purposes, but also in the food and tobacco industries. Licorice is rich in natural sugars that are easily digested by diabetics. Therefore, sugar surrogates, marinades, extracts and syrups are prepared from licorice. Licorice candies made from licorice are popular in the West. In ancient China, licorice root was equated with ginseng, rightly believing that it is able to prolong life, give youth and beauty. Funds based on it lower cholesterol levels, strengthen the immune system, correct the endocrine system, tone up and act on a person as an antidepressant.