I would be very careful and research fully before eating anything but the root. Just from one of the links raven provided:
Very young growth can be poisonous to animals[212].
and then from the very same link:
The tender young shoots can be eaten raw in the spring[183, 257].
But this doesn't seem controversial:
Root - raw or cooked[2, 46, 61, 203]. Long, sweet and fleshy[105], when slow roasted they are said to taste like sweet potatoes[183, 207]. They
can be used as a flavouring in other foods and can also be chewed raw as a masticatory[177, 183, 212], making an excellent tooth cleaner and also very
good for teething children. The root contains 6% glycyrrhizin, a substance that is 50 times sweeter than sugar[183].
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