"Heat-clearing and detoxification of traditional Chinese medicine" what are the efficacy and effects of licorice? Can I get some water to drink? Is it poisonous?

Licorice is a Chinese herbal medicine, which is usually taken from the rhizome to be used as medicine. Many people also call licorice as sweet root, red licorice, pink licorice and Ural licorice. It is mainly planted in desert steppe, desert edge and loess hills, because licorice likes to grow in a dry climate. So what are the effects and effects of licorice? Can I drink licorice in water? What are the benefits? Is licorice poisonous?

I. the efficacy and function of licorice

1. Licorice can treat stomachache, abdominal pain and gastrocnemius muscle pain. It is generally eaten together with peony, which can improve the therapeutic effect and get twice the result with half the effort. The common ones are peony and licorice soup. Specific eating methods also need to follow the doctor's advice, this is only an auxiliary role.

2. Licorice can moisten the throat and relieve cough, clear heat and detoxify. Licorice has a good effect of heat-clearing and detoxification, and it often appears with traditional Chinese medicine such as honeysuckle, forsythia and so on. When you have a sore throat, you can consider boiling licorice and Platycodon grandiflorum together into a soup to eat, which can also moisturize the throat and relieve cough. The specific formula and proportion also need to refer to the doctor's advice.

3. The strength of the reconciling drugs. Licorice in Chinese herbal medicine can often play a strong role in reconciling drugs, and some traditional Chinese medicines are too irritating to the human body, causing discomfort in the stomach and intestines and need to be reconciled before consumption. Licorice is also often found in many prescription drugs and is a rare blend.

4. Licorice can treat asthma and cough. Generally, we will choose to take it alone or in combination with other drugs, many traditional Chinese medicine soups for cough are added licorice ingredients, such as Erchen decoction, Sangxingtang and so on. Taste will not be too bitter, the specific proportion of deployment also need to find a professional doctor to prescribe drugs, not their own random collocation.

Can licorice be soaked in water? What are the benefits?

Licorice can be drunk in water.

1. Licorice water can regulate physical fatigue, spleen and stomach discomfort and other effects. Licorice can be taken after brewing with an appropriate amount of warm water, and its effect can be magnified several times.

2. Licorice soaked in water can detoxify. In daily life, food poisoning will inevitably be caused by accidental eating or improper collocation. If you have licorice at home, you can choose to drink licorice to alleviate the toxicity and quickly expel the toxin from the body. Because licorice can stimulate the adrenal cortex and has adsorption.

3. Licorice can regulate the digestive system. Many people have poor digestive function and poor intestines and stomach. Drinking more licorice water can clear the intestines and reconcile the digestive system.

Is licorice poisonous?

As the saying goes, medicine is three-thirds poisonous. Licorice is no exception, no matter what it is, you can't eat more, we must keep this in mind!

If you take a large amount of licorice, it may cause edema, impair sexual function, inhibit the conversion of cortisol, and may cause hypokalemia if you keep taking it. I hope you must follow the doctor's advice to prescribe the right medicine to the case.