1. It is used for heart qi deficiency, palpitation and dizziness, knotting of the pulse, as well as spleen and stomach qi deficiency,

tiredness and weakness. In the former case, it is often paired with cinnamon sticks, 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

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, often used with peony, can significantly enhance the treatment of contracture pain, such as peony licorice soup.

5. Used to harmonize the potency of certain 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.

7 Glycyrrhiza glabra has a similar adrenocorticotropic hormone-like effect. It has an inhibitory effect on histamine-induced gastric acid hypersecretion; it also has antacid and relieves gastrointestinal smooth muscle spasm.

8. Glycyrrhiza glabra flavonoids, licorice infusion and licorice hypochlorous acid have obvious cough suppressant effect; expectorant effect is also more significant, and the strength of its effect is glycyrrhizic acid > glycyrrhiza glabra flavonoids > glycyrrhiza glabra infusion.

9. Licorice also has anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic effect, can protect the inflamed throat and trachea mucosa. Licorice extract and glycyrrhizic acid have a detoxifying effect on certain poisons similar to glucuronic acid.

10. Licorice is often used to treat the symptoms that accompany menopause. This is because licorice contains glycyrrhizin, a hormone-like compound that helps to balance the hormone levels in a woman's body.

11. Licorice contains hypochlorous acid that blocks the effects of carcinogens that induce tumor growth.

Ginger is pungent, slightly warm and non-toxic, which can benefit the spleen and stomach, warm the menstruation and disperse cold, and regulate abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea and other disorders. Modern pharmacological studies believe that ginger contains volatile oil, curcumin and other ingredients, can promote blood circulation, excitation of the nervous system, help dispel cold, and can strengthen the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract. Ginger also contains gingerol, which can reduce the occurrence of gallstones.

But it has both advantages and disadvantages, folk have "winter eat radish summer eat ginger" said, that ginger can eat, but not eat more. Especially in the fall, it is best not to eat, because of the dry climate in the fall, dry air hurt lungs, plus eat spicy ginger, more likely to hurt the lungs, exacerbate the body's water loss, dry. In the ancient medical books also appeared in this "warning": "within a year, autumn does not eat ginger; within a day, the night does not eat ginger." It seems that, in the fall, do not eat or eat less ginger and other spicy foods, has long attracted the attention of the ancients, which is very reasonable.