liquorice and herpes, HIV, cancer ...
Domino,
I am also a "water boy". I never drink any alcohol at home and extremely seldom on holidays. I guess any average British guy drinks more beer at one day than I had during my whole life. Alcohol doesn't taste to me and beer has the unpleasent effect that I have to go to the restroom very often.
That liquorice is able to kill herpes viruses is no "old wive's cure". It was detected some time ago, but anybody who wants to try that got to be careful. A high dosis of glycyrrhizin, which is an antiviral agent that can derived from the roots of the liquorice plant, can kill you. It might also be effective against HIV, SARS, cancer and other diseases caused by viruses.
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