Modern medical research has also proved that licorice contains glycyrrhetinic acid, choline salt, dicholine hydrosuccinate and other substances. Glycyrrhetinic acid has obvious inhibitory effect on cough center, and choline salt or dicholine hydrosuccinate also has antitussive effect similar to codeine. Glycyrrhrizae Radix extract and Glycyrrhizae mixture, which are processed and refined from Glycyrrhizae Radix, can cover inflamed pharyngeal mucosa, reduce inflammatory stimulation, and thus achieve the effect of relieving cough. Therefore, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has good antitussive and expectorant effects.
Licorice has a wide range of functions. In the compatibility of traditional Chinese medicine decoction and Chinese patent medicine, it is often used to tonify qi and spleen, reconcile middle-acute, and reconcile various drugs. However, the refined and processed Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch extract and preparation is a drug with good antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic effects. So licorice can treat cough and asthma.
Medicine has three poisons, so it should have side effects.
In traditional medicine, licorice is mostly used as medicine, which has the function of harmonizing various medicines. Many traditional prescriptions are mixed with licorice.
Some snacks sold in the market, such as candy, sour plums and olives, are made of licorice or mixed with licorice, but if you eat licorice for a long time or eat licorice in large quantities, I am afraid there will be adverse consequences.
The pharmacological action of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is adrenocortical hormone-like. Many people who know licorice know that excessive licorice will reduce urine volume and sodium (salt) excretion, and excessive sodium (salt) will accumulate in the body and cause hypertension. Increased water storage can lead to edema. At the same time, hypokalemia caused by excessive potassium loss leads to arrhythmia and muscle weakness. These research results have been published in western medical literature.