Is there a difference between licorice and licorice root?

Question

tea herbs licorice root

Answer 1

I'm fairly sure that any licorice used medicinely (as in tea for instance) will be derived from licorice root. The only other kind of licorice is the candy type which used to contain licorice root extract (hence the name) but rarely does these days - it's mostly flavoured with aniseed and other things.

Answer 2

Do you mean the candy?  Licorice root or Gan Cao in TCM is used to treat certain patterns of disease.