Functions: tonifying the spleen, clearing heat and removing toxins, expelling phlegm and relieving cough, easing pain and harmonizing various medicines. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, tiredness and fatigue, palpitation and shortness of breath, cough and phlegm, contracted pain in the epigastrium, abdomen and limbs, carbuncle, swelling and sores, relieving toxicity and potency of drugs.
Use and dosage: internal: decoction, 3-9g (large dose 30-60g). External use: appropriate amount, decoction of water to wash the stains; or powdered compress.
Attention to use: should not be used with jing dazhi, coriander, glycyrrhiza, seaweed
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Glycyrrhiza glabra is flat in nature, with a sweet taste, and belongs to the twelve meridians. It has pharmacological effects such as detoxification, expectorant, analgesic, antispasmodic and even anticancer. In traditional Chinese medicine, licorice replenishes the spleen, nourishes the cough and moistens the lungs, relieves the urgency and detoxifies the body, and harmonizes all medicines. Clinical application of "raw" and "honey-baked" difference. Raw main treatment of sore throat, sore sores, gastrointestinal ulcers and antidotes, food poisoning, etc.; honey roasted main treatment of spleen and stomach function, loose stools, fatigue and fever, as well as coughing, palpitations, etc..
1. It is used for heart qi deficiency, palpitation and dizziness, pulse knot generation, and spleen and stomach qi deficiency, tiredness and fatigue. For the former, it is often paired with Gui Zhi, such as Gui Zhi Gan Cao Tang and Zhi Gan Cao Tang. The latter, often used with Codonopsis and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, such as Si Jun Zi Tang and Li Zhong Wan.
2. It is used for canker sores and sore throat. It can be used alone, taken internally or externally, or used in combination. Carbuncle sores, often with honeysuckle, forsythia, etc., *** play the function of clearing heat and detoxification, such as Xianfang living life drink. Sore throat, often used with Platycodon grandiflorus, such as Platycodon grandiflorus soup. If pesticide, food poisoning, often with green beans or with fengfeng decoction.
3. For asthma and cough. Can be used alone, can also be used with other drugs. Such as wet phlegm cough Er Chen Tang; cold phlegm cough Ling Gan five ginger Xin Tang; dry phlegm cough Sang Apricot Tang; treatment of heat and toxicity caused by lung carbuncle cough spit fishy pus sputum Platycodon grandiflorum soup; cough saliva licorice dry ginger soup. Another wind-heat cough, wind-cold cough, hot phlegm cough is often used in conjunction with the application.
4. Used for stomach pain, abdominal pain and gastrocnemius muscle contracture pain, often used with peony, can significantly enhance the treatment of contracture pain efficacy, such as peony licorice soup.
5. Used to harmonize the potency of some drugs. Such as flavored Chengqi Tang with this product to moderate the rhubarb, manganese nitrate of the diarrhea and its stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, in many prescriptions are also commonly used to harmonize the drugs.
In addition, the modern use of gastric and duodenal ulcers, often used with squid bone, corrugated seeds. This product also has diuretic effect, so the dried herb tips are often used as an adjunct in the treatment of feverish urinary pain.
Combined with soybeans, it has the effect of detoxification.
Western medicine pharmacology found that licorice agent has anti-inflammatory and anti-metamorphic reaction function, so in western medicine clinic mainly as a palliative agent. Relieve cough, expectorant, treatment of sore throat and laryngitis; licorice or licorice hypochlorous acid has deoxycorticosterone-like effect on chronic hypoadrenocorticism has good efficacy; licorice preparations can promote the formation of mucus and secretion of gastric mucus, prolonging the life span of epithelial cells, with anti-inflammatory activity, commonly used in the treatment of chronic ulcers and duodenal ulcers; flavonoids of licorice have anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antacid effect; licorice is also a main raw material for the human dan one of the main raw materials of Ren Dan.
Glycyrrhiza glabra is also widely used in the food industry to refine candies, preserves and chewing gum. Licorice extract is an emulsifier for the manufacture of chocolate, but also to increase the alcohol flavor and aroma of beer, improve the consistency and color of dark beer, the production of certain soft drinks and liqueurs; cigarettes to correct the flavor. In the chemical industry, printing and dyeing industry, licorice is also widely used.