Positives

• One ME/CFS patient with stomach inflammation that felt “almost exactly like hunger” (mild nausea) reported that DGL relieved the symptom reliably, which she attributed to the supplement’s known effect of increasing the stomach mucosal lining Phoenix Rising.
  
  

Negatives

• A user started DGL for chronic stomach symptoms and reported that it “first seemed like it was making things worse, then better, then I couldn’t tell,” and stuck with it for five weeks before concluding it was net helpful Phoenix Rising.
  
  
• A third user reported that after taking a couple of DGL tablets (the sugar-alcohol-free version) she felt the tablets were making her sick and discontinued them, a reaction other forum members attributed to residual glycyrrhizin or to a fructose/sorbitol intolerance in the inactive ingredients Phoenix Rising.
  
  

Hurdles & Side Effects

• DGL is licorice extract with the glycyrrhizin (the blood-pressure-raising component) removed, so it is safer than whole licorice root for patients with hypertension or on corticosteroid-sparing protocols; forum members note that the chewable-tablet form taken before meals is the most commonly-used format in the ME/CFS community Phoenix Rising.