Glycyrrhiza glabra is one of the very common Chinese medicinal herbs, it is a kind of Chinese medicinal herb to clear away heat and detoxify the toxin, expectorate and relieve cough. It is an herb that clears away heat, removes toxins, expels phlegm and relieves coughs, and its value lies in its roots and rhizomes.
It is a naturally occurring special herb, it tastes a little sweet, and grows most rapidly in sunny, low-temperature and dry environments, where it can be dried and made into a tea.
Effects of licorice in water
Licorice in water has the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, because licorice contains licorice extract and licorice hypochlorous acid which have obvious cough suppressing effect.
In addition, licorice has an anti-allergic effect, licorice in water can also be anti-ulcer, clearing heat and detoxification.
As early as 2000 years ago, "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" will be licorice as the top of the medicine, said it has a firm sinews and bones, long muscles, increase the qi and detoxification of the function.
And Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, also recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that "licorice is the king of all medicines, treating 72 kinds of milk and stone poisons, solving 1200 kinds of grass and tree poisons, and reconciling all medicines with great effect, so it has the name of 'the old man of the country'."
Suffice it to say that licorice has been given a very high status in medicine since ancient times.
Glycyrrhiza glabra can harmonize the nature of medicines and detoxify them. It can be used to relieve heat in hot medicines and remove cold in cool medicines, and it can also tonify the center of the body and benefit the qi.
Of these, the detoxification function of licorice has been most valued by medical practitioners throughout the ages.
The danger of drinking licorice in water
Licorice will prevent the body from sodium discharge, and make the human body appear edema, especially for patients with heart failure and their own blood metabolism is abnormal, drinking licorice will cause edema is difficult to eliminate.
Licorice can also cause premature birth, especially for pregnant women who drink a lot of licorice will lead to a large blood loss, and then the situation of premature birth.
Licorice infusion method
When you want to drink the water infused with licorice tablets, first of all, you have to wash the prepared licorice tablets with boiling water first, wash off the floating dust and dirt on the surface of it, and then put it into a clean glass.
After adding boiling water to brew, after brewing water to cover the lid of the cup, soak for 5 to 10 minutes, soak after the soup is taken out can be consumed as tea.