甘草(Glycyrrhiza xralensis Fisch.)是中医药上应用最广泛的野生药材,又称“蜜草”、“蕗草”、“甜草”等。因其药性和缓,能协调诸药和解毒,又有“国老”之称。甘草在我国西北、华北、东北各省区均有分布。我区多生长于干旱、半干旱的荒漠草原、沙漠边缘和黄土丘陵地带,在引黄灌区的田野和河滩地里也易于繁殖。它适应性广,抗逆性强,不愧是植物界抗干旱的能手,斗风沙的先锋。盐池、同心等县分布最为集中,产量多,质量好,被誉为我区“五宝”之一,俗称“黄宝”,年产量达数百万斤。甘草属豆科多年生草本植物。它在谷雨前后萌 Licorice (Glycyrrhiza xralensis Fisch.) Is the most widely used wild medicinal herbs, also known as “honey grass”, “hay”, “sweet grass” and so on. Because of its moderation, can coordinate the various drugs and detoxification, there are “old country” said. Licorice in Northwest China, North China, Northeast provinces are distributed. My area grew mostly in arid and semi-arid desert grasslands, the edge of the desert and loess hilly areas, in the Yellow River irrigated fields and floodplain also easy to breed. Its wide adaptability, strong resistance, is indeed a drought expert in the plant kingdom, a pioneer in fighting sand. Yanchi, concentric counties and other distribution of the most concentrated, yield and good quality, known as my area “Five Po” one, commonly known as “Huang Bao”, the annual output of millions of pounds. Licorice legume perennial herb. It is adorable before and after the valley rain