Licorice Root Dosing?

Diet and Nutrition
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Well, after having read Charles Poliquin’s latest article, and noticing certain problems which seem to possibly describe me(wake up in the middle of the night on a regular basis, moderate-low T lately, trouble getting to sleep and waking up) and the solution he suggested being licorice root, I figured, hell, its 5 dollars for a bottle, I’ll give it a try(I know its supposed to be cream, but I couldn’t find any of the cream and am not sure where it would be applied anyway).

So, now I have a bottle of 100 450mg Licorice root capsules. Poliquin however did not go into details of whether this was something one got rid of like a cold and then could cease taking the root, or whether it was an ongoing required treatment. Also, the bottle suggests taking 3 caps, 3 times a day, and also cautions against longtime use. I’m hesitant to start a treatment regiment that will have me using up the bottle in 11 days, unless this is neccesary(15 dollars a month is not bad, but why waste?) especially if it is a level of dosage not recommended for long time use for some reason.

I know some have used this, since I’ve seen past posts, but, I havn’t found anything that quite addresses dosing.

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Licorice can raise blood pressure so be careful.

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I’ve heard about the blood pressure, but, thanks Thrasher.

I’ve never had an issue with high bp, and in fact its usually been slightly on the lower side of normal when I have it checked. I take in alot of potassium foods, and even sprinkle the stuff as a seasoning on my meat and in my porridge, while getting relatively minimal salt(not terribly low, but probably right around the RDA).