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INTRODUCTION: Several dietary additives are reported to be effective to enhance the immune function. Licorice has been frequently used as herbal medicine to supress inflammation. It has anti stress effects, enhance detoxification in liver and supress inflammatory reaction and enhance the immune function. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate effect of licorice on immunomodulatory (Ig A) before and after SRP METHODOLOGY: Twenty subjects were randomly assigned into two groups. Group A (Supplemented with licorice along with SRP ). Group B (SRP Only). All the clinical parameters like gingival index, probing depth, clinical attachment level along with serum levels of Ig A were evaluated before and after SRP. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant increase of Ig A levels in group A compared to group B. CONCLUSION: The present study showed that licorice extract significantly effect on enhancing the immunomodulatory effect not only the periodontal health status of chronic periodontitis and also significant effect on overall health status.