Gan Cao Slices (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) — Gansu Red-Skin Licorice Root, Food-Herb 500g

Gan Cao Slices (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) are the dried root slices of a foundational food herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Gān Cǎo (甘草), also called Chinese Licorice. Revered for centuries as the "harmonizing elder" of the herbal cabinet, Gan Cao has been prized as a sweet, neutral, and deeply balancing herb used to tonify qi, moisten the Lungs, soothe the throat, and reconcile the ingredients within a formula. Its nature is sweet and neutral, making it one of the gentlest yet most widely used herbs in both classical decoctions and everyday food therapy.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional qi-tonifying and harmonizing food herb
• Gansu-grown red-skin licorice root slices
• Glycyrrhiza uralensis, food-herb (药食同源) ingredient
• Low-temperature slow-drying to preserve natural sweetness
• 500g bulk loose format for teas, soups, and decoctions

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is sliced from Gansu-grown red-skin licorice root and finished with a low-temperature slow-drying process that preserves its warm golden-yellow interior and reddish-brown outer bark. The slices feel firm and dry with a clean, fibrous texture and carry a mild, sweet, hay-like aroma. When decocted or steeped, they release a rounded, honeyed sweetness with a soft herbal undertone, leaving a smooth and lingering finish in the cup.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal tea and daily infusion blends
• Chinese-style soups and broths
• Traditional decoctions and herbal formulas
• Congee and grain porridge
• Seasonal food-therapy cooking

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Gan Cao is decocted into soups, teas, and classical formulas to tonify qi, moisten the Lungs, and soothe the throat. It is often paired with jujube, ginger, and goji berry in daily nourishing teas, and appears in slow-simmered broths where its natural sweetness rounds out the flavor of the whole pot. As a stand-alone tea, it is brewed alone or blended with chrysanthemum, tangerine peel, or honeysuckle for a gentle, honeyed infusion that fits easily into everyday seasonal nourishment.

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