For practitioner dispensing and professionally guided use.
Always read the label and follow the directions for use.
Do not use standard Licorice without medical or practitioner approval if you have high blood pressure, low potassium, fluid retention, kidney disease, liver disease, heart disease, heart failure or a history of abnormal heart rhythm.
Licorice may contribute to sodium and fluid retention, potassium loss, increased blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm, particularly with excessive or prolonged use.
Do not use several Licorice-containing products together. This includes herbal teas, supplements, practitioner formulas and large amounts of real Licorice confectionery.
Combining several sources may increase the risk of fluid retention, low potassium, high blood pressure and heart-rhythm disturbances.
Consult your doctor, pharmacist or healthcare practitioner before use if you take blood-pressure medicine.
Licorice may counteract the effect of prescribed antihypertensive medicines. Continue normal blood-pressure monitoring and do not change medication independently.
Do not combine Licorice with loop or thiazide diuretics, digoxin or another cardiac glycoside, corticosteroids, stimulant laxatives or other medicines that may disturb potassium or electrolyte balance unless specifically approved and monitored by the treating practitioner.
Do not use with calcineurin inhibitors or other transplant antirejection medicines unless the treating transplant specialist explicitly approves it. Current MediHerb interaction guidance lists the combination as contraindicated because Licorice may reduce medicine exposure and increase rejection risk.
Consult your healthcare practitioner before use if you take lithium, hormonal contraception, medicines affected by CYP3A4 metabolism or several prescription medicines.
Do not attempt to manage the potassium risk merely by eating more potassium or taking a potassium supplement. Potassium supplementation can also be unsafe with some heart, blood-pressure and kidney medicines. Monitoring should be professionally directed.
Stop use and seek medical advice for swelling of the legs, ankles or face, rapid unexplained weight gain, muscle weakness, severe muscle cramps, unusual tiredness, palpitations, irregular heartbeat, severe headache or a significant increase in blood pressure.
Seek urgent medical care for chest pain, fainting, severe breathlessness, marked weakness or a sustained irregular heartbeat.
Do not use during pregnancy or breastfeeding unless the current Australian label and a qualified healthcare practitioner specifically confirm suitability. European monograph guidance does not recommend medicinal Licorice use during pregnancy or breastfeeding because adequate safety has not been established.
Do not give this practitioner extract to a child or adolescent unless an age-appropriate amount has been individually prescribed. Traditional European guidance does not establish its use for people under 18 years.
Do not use Licorice as a substitute for medical assessment or prescribed treatment of bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia or another respiratory condition.
Seek medical advice for a cough that persists longer than one week during use, becomes worse or occurs with shortness of breath, fever, chest pain, blood or thick discoloured mucus.
Do not use Licorice as a treatment for reflux, gastritis or stomach ulcers.
Seek medical advice for persistent digestive symptoms, repeated vomiting, difficulty swallowing, unexplained weight loss, vomiting blood, blood in the stool or black stools.
For digestive support, do not continue use for longer than four weeks without professional review. Obtain earlier advice when symptoms persist beyond two weeks.
Discontinue use at least seven days before general anaesthesia, surgery or an invasive procedure unless otherwise directed by the treating healthcare professional.
Contains ethanol.
Keep out of reach of children.
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