Braised licorice Functions and Indications Nourish the spleen and stomach, benefit the qi and restore the pulse. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, tiredness and fatigue, palpitation, pulse knot generation, and can solve the poison of appendicitis. Attributes Sweet, flat. Attributes to the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians .
In the clinical application of raw licorice and roasted licorice, especially in ancient formulas, raw licorice and roasted licorice application of the difference is obvious. It can not be used in place of each other. However, the author in practice often found that some of the first glance is known to be based on ancient formulas additions and subtractions applied to the clinical prescription, raw licorice and roasted licorice mutual substitution of the phenomenon. Such as the "Taiping Huimin and the Bureau of the prescription" in the application of a wide range of main treatment of the spleen and stomach qi deficiency of the four gentleman soup, the composition of the formula for ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, roasted licorice. The formula consists of ginseng, atractylodes, poria, and roasted licorice. The use of roasted licorice is mainly taken for its sweet and warm qi and tonifying the middle, harmonizing the role of all medicines. In the usual preparation work often found in the first three drugs have not changed and according to the condition of discretionary additions and subtractions in the prescription with raw licorice. For licorice we Chinese medicine that it has a tonic, clearing heat and detoxification, expectorant cough, relieve pain, and harmonize the role of medicinal properties, according to whether or not there is a shelling is divided into roasted licorice and raw licorice two kinds of licorice for clearing heat and detoxification of raw, tonic and beneficial to roasted with.