现在中药材需求量越来越大，随之而来的是野生中药材减少，渐渐变成家种。而家种则存在农药化肥多、土壤污染、种植周期长、采集时间违背科学规律等问题，后果是药材的药效降低，药材的质量和安全性得不到保证，这些都是百姓最关心的问题。
Nowadays, the demand for Chinese medicinal materials is increasing, with the consequent decrease of wild Chinese medicinal materials, gradually becoming a family species. However, there are many problems in family plants, such as pesticide and chemical fertilizer, soil pollution, long planting period, time of collection contrary to scientific rules, etc. The consequence is that the efficacy of medicinal materials is reduced, and the quality and safety of medicinal materials are not guaranteed, which are the most concerned problems of the people.
中药是中医的子弹。因无序采猎、生态环境变化、资源利用粗放等因素的综合影响，有相当部分野生药用动植物资源已趋于衰退或处于濒危灭绝状态。中医药的发展，面临着“无药可医”的尴尬局面。
Chinese medicine is the bullet of traditional Chinese medicine. Due to the comprehensive influence of disordered hunting, ecological environment change and extensive utilization of resources, a considerable part of wild medicinal animal and plant resources have tended to decline or are in an endangered state. The development of traditional Chinese medicine is facing an embarrassing situation of "no medicine to treat".
“十方九草”、“无草不成方”、“四大药王”之首，从这些溢美之词中，不难看出甘草在药用价值方面的地位。李时珍的《本草纲目》记载最有效、最普及的药方中，有4890个含有甘草。这些年来，我国野生甘草面积已减少70％，经济蕴藏量下降80％。中药材的保护与发展首先要加大对中药材资源保护的力度。
"Ten prescriptions and nine grasses", "no grasses without prescriptions" and "Four Kings of Medicine" are the first words. From these words, it is not difficult to see the position of licorice in medicinal value. In Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, 4890 of the most effective and popular prescriptions contain licorice. In recent years, the area of wild licorice in China has been reduced by 70%, and its economic reserves have dropped by 80%. The protection and development of Chinese materia medica should first strengthen the protection of Chinese materia medica resources.