What does licorice do?
1. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has adrenocortical hormone-like effect. Can inhibit excessive gastric acid secretion caused by histamine; Has antacid and gastrointestinal smooth muscle spasm relieve effects.
2. Glycyrrhiza flavonoids, Glycyrrhiza extract and glycyrrhetinic acid all have obvious antitussive effects; The expectorant effect is also remarkable, and its action intensity is glycyrrhizic acid >: licorice flavonoids > licorice extract.
3. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch also has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects, which can protect inflamed throat and tracheal mucosa. The detoxification effect of licorice extract and glycyrrhizic acid on some poisons is similar to that of glucuronic acid.
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is usually used to treat postmenopausal symptoms. Because licorice contains liquiritigenin, which is a hormone-like compound, it helps to balance the hormone content in women.
5. Hyposulfuric acid contained in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch can block tumor growth induced by carcinogens.
How to eat licorice
Licorice. It is yellow and sweet, but it will be warm when baked. Yellow will enter the spleen, sweet will replenish the middle, warm will replenish qi. It is a commonly used medicine for invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. Functions: clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, abdominal distension, etc. It can be used for various qi deficiency syndromes such as deficiency of heart-qi, palpitation, pulse condition, weakness of spleen and stomach. Cold when used, it can purge fire and detoxify and relieve pain; Warming the middle warmer to dispel cold, tonifying the middle warmer and benefiting qi. In addition, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is also good at reconciling medicinal properties and detoxifying various drugs. It is often used with spleen-invigorating and qi-invigorating drugs such as Radix Codonopsis and Atractylodis Macrocephala, such as Atractylodis Macrocephala, Poria and Radix Codonopsis, and is often used to treat qi deficiency and spleen deficiency. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is not only used in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, but also used flexibly in diet and health care.
I. Medicinal methods
Decoct, 2- 10g. Slightly cold, can clear away heat and detoxify; Honey-baked drugs are mild in nature, and can enhance the effects of invigorating the qi of the heart and spleen, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. They are used for spleen and stomach weakness and mental fatigue. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch should not be used with Euphorbia Euphorbia, Daphne genkwa, Kansui and seaweed. Do not take large doses, otherwise it may cause water and sodium retention and edema.
Second, eat licorice and jujube
Ingredients: jujube 1 kg, 5 kg of licorice powder, 300 g of sugar, 400 ml of cold water, and appropriate amount of poria cocos.
Practice: 1, wash rotten dates. 2. Put cold water, licorice powder, Zizyphus jujuba, Poria cocos and sugar into a pot, put it on a big fire, cook for about 35 minutes, and soak it for 12 hour after leaving the fire. 3. Take out the jujube, put it on a bamboo drawer to drain the juice, and let it dry for one day. When the sun is 70% to 80% dry, sprinkle the juice left in the pot on the surface of jujube twice and mix well before eating.
Efficacy: The taste is sour and bitter, and it has the functions of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, calming the heart and astringing sweat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is an ideal health food for patients with headache, insomnia, neurasthenia, anemia and dizziness.
Third, licorice and watermelon seeds.
Ingredients: 500g of watermelon seeds, 0/0g of peanut oil/kloc-,25g of refined salt, 3g of licorice and 50g of quicklime.
Production method: 1, pour quicklime into a large bowl, add 500ml of clear water, stir evenly to make limewater, then pour watermelon seeds and soak for about 5 hours, take them out, wash them with clear water, and remove the mucous membrane on the shell. 2. Put the refined salt and licorice into the pot, pour in 150ml of clean water, put it on the fire and cook for about15min, then filter out the licorice to make licorice salt juice. 3. Add 4g peanut oil to the wok, and fire until it is 80% mature. Pour in the washed watermelon seeds and turn the grass constantly. When the water content of watermelon seeds is almost dry, add 3 pieces of peanut oil, stir-fry with low fire until the watermelon seeds are ripe, add 3g of peanut oil for the third time, and stir-fry slightly until they are out of the fire. 4. Pour the fried watermelon seeds into the licorice salt juice while it is hot, cover and soak for 2 hours.
Efficacy: After the ingredients are boiled, licorice has a strong fragrance and has the effect of relieving cough and asthma.
Fourth, all kinds of licorice tea
1. Astragalus and Glycyrrhiza tea: 5 grams of Astragalus and 5 grams of Glycyrrhiza are soaked in water, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, resisting virus and enhancing immunity.
2. Lotus leaf licorice tea: made of fresh lotus leaf 100g, licorice 5g and water 1000ml. Boil chopped lotus leaves and licorice in boiling water for 10 minute, filter off residues, and drink with sugar or directly soak lotus leaves and licorice in water for drinking. Has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer-heat, inducing diuresis and quenching thirst.
3. Ganoderma lucidum licorice tea: Ganoderma lucidum 6g, licorice 5g. Put it in a thermos, pour half a bottle of boiling water, cover it for 20 minutes, and you can drink it. Has the effects of nourishing liver qi, protecting liver and strengthening kidney.
4. Jujube and licorice tea: licorice 15g, wheat 50g, jujube 15g, boiled water 1000ml. Add all the medicinal materials into boiled water, boil for about 15min with low fire, and drink after removing the residue. The tea has the effects of relieving depression, invigorating qi and invigorating spleen for people who are anxious, difficult to fall asleep and easy to wake up after shallow sleep.
5. lotus plumule tea: 3g of dried lotus plumule and 3g of raw licorice root can be taken with water. It has the effect of regulating emotional tension, anxiety, tasteless diet, insomnia and other symptoms.
6. Honeysuckle and licorice tea: Take 60g of licorice and 30g of honeysuckle, mash them, put them into a thermos bottle, pour them into a proper amount of boiling water, cover them with 15min, and you can drink them, which has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Matters needing attention in drinking licorice tea
1. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has a certain toxic effect. Stop drinking licorice tea immediately after edema, so as not to aggravate the toxicity, and the toxicity will gradually disappear after stopping the drug.
2. Soaked licorice can not be drunk for a long time, nor should it be drunk in large quantities, which is harmful to the body. ?
3. Children and pregnant women should not drink licorice, which has a serious impact on the growth and development of children and the normal development of the fetus, and may lead to precocious puberty or gender development disorder.