Licorice and Arrhythmia: A Case Report

Licorice is a popular herb in herbal medicine specially to treat gastric ulcers. It is one of the most widely prescribed herbs in Persian medicine. Excessive consumption of licorice may lead to cardiac arrhythmia due to a hyper mineralocorticoid state and hypokalemia. In a 22-year-old man from Iran,...

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Main Authors: Bahram Mehrtash, Marzieh Beygom Siahpoosh, Majid Hajikarimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-06-01
Series:Traditional and Integrative Medicine
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Online Access:https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/87