Health Guide: There are many nicknames, such as, plum grass, honey grass and sweet grass. , sweet and peaceful, into the heart, spleen, lungs and stomach. Cold when raw, can purge fire and detoxify, and use it urgently to relieve pain; Warming the middle warmer to dispel cold, tonifying the middle warmer and benefiting qi. He is also good at reconciling the properties of drugs and removing the toxicity of various drugs. He can use hot medicine to reduce fever and cold medicine to dispel cold, but he can't make up for it. He can only diarrhea without speed. Its tendency can be from the inside out, up and down, with ups and downs, which is called good phase in medicine. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "there are ten prescriptions and nine herbs" and "there is no prescription without grass", which shows that licorice is widely used.

First, the relationship between licorice and licorice.

1, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain, and harmonizing various drugs. Can be used for treating mental fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath, cough with excessive phlegm, abdominal distension, acute pain in limbs, carbuncle, swelling, sores, toxic materials, and strengthening body.

2. Licorice has a wide range of medical and health care functions. Its most common uses include relieving dyspnea, such as colds, sore throats, bronchitis, allergies and even tuberculosis, because it has expectorant effect. Because of its characteristic of dissolving mucus, it is increasingly used in modern cough syrup. It is also routine for oral cavity and gastric ulcer. In addition, licorice is also considered to have a casting agent. This herb can also be used as an antitoxic drug to treat herpes zoster and eyes, mouth or mouth.

3. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects, so it is mainly used as a moderator in western medicine clinic. Cough and phlegm, treat sore throat and laryngitis; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch or glycyrrhetinic acid has the function of deoxycorticosterone, which is beneficial to chronic adrenal hypofunction. Glycyrrhiza uralensis preparation can promote the formation and secretion of gastric mucus, prolong the life of epithelial cells, and has anti-inflammatory activity, which is often used to treat chronic ulcers. Licorice flavonoids have anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antacid effects. Licorice is also one of the main raw materials in Ren Dan.

4. Glycyrrhiza helps to reduce premenstrual syndrome and menopausal symptoms. Besides these, it can also prevent hyperkalemia or increase the level of potassium in blood, because potassium can cause arrhythmia in these two extreme cases. Arrhythmia can easily lead to cardiac arrest and even death. However, it is not recommended to take licorice in large doses because licorice contains compounds that can cause hypokalemia and high blood pressure.

5. Glycyrrhetinic acid can inhibit transplanted oberlin's myeloma in rats. The mixture of monoammonium glycyrrhizinate, sodium glycyrrhetinate and glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives can inhibit Ehrlich ascites cancer and sarcoma in mice even if taken orally.

Health care experience of licorice.

1, licorice candied jujube soup.

10 candied dates, raw licorice. Put candied dates and raw licorice into a casserole, add 2 bowls of water, fry to 1 bowl (about ml), remove the residue, and take it twice a day. This soup can tonify middle energizer, moisten lung and relieve cough, and is suitable for cough, dry throat, sore throat and tuberculosis cough.

2, mung bean licorice soup.

Mung beans 100g, raw licorice. Add appropriate amount of water to the above two flavors, decoct with slow fire and drink at will. This soup has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxicating and diuresis, and can be used as a cool drink in summer.

3. Ganmai Jujube Soup.

Raw licorice, jujube 10 (crushed and pitted), wheat. Put the above three ingredients into the pot, add water until the wheat blooms, and take out the jujube to eat. This soup has the functions of benefiting qi and nourishing blood, clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves, and is a good prescription for treating women's impatience and menopausal syndrome. Anyone who is upset and irritable, even crying and laughing, or irritable and talkative can take it.

4. Ganju Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases).

A little raw licorice, platycodon grandiflorum and Gaza sugar, add appropriate amount of water, decoct for 20 minutes, and filter the juice. Decoct in water, and filter. Mix the two decoctions and drink them regularly. This soup has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat and relieving cough. It can be used as a throat drink for teachers and actors, and can also relieve acute clinical symptoms.

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6 pieces of Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Codonopsis, Colla Corii Asini, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Radix Ophiopogonis, Fructus Cannabis, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens and Fructus Jujubae. Decoct with water. This prescription is a famous prescription for treating arrhythmia, which is suitable for pulse condition caused by deficiency of both qi and yin, with symptoms such as palpitation, shortness of breath, dry throat and tongue, lung deficiency and dry cough, and less and dry tongue coating.