Licorice contains glycyrrhizin, flavonoids, terpenoids, amino acids, lignans, phytosterols and other ingredients. Licorice contains flavonoids can reduce fat around the abdomen; and glycyrrhizin containing the anti-inflammatory and can boost the immune system, but on the other hand it is also easy to glycyrrhizin cause high blood pressure. Go glycyrrhizin licorice, now often made anti-inflammatory and other health nutrition classes.
Licorice most commonly used to treat upper respiratory tract irritation, inflammation of the mucous membrane on easing effect. Licorice root, add water or added to cough syrup, to nourish the throat, lungs and bronchial mucosa. Licorice can also make joint comfort, maintain normal blood vessels. Licorice will create a mild estrogen effect, the pressure and the physiology of menopause to relieve also help.
According licorice "Annotations of Materia Medica", can not and euphorbia, Daphne, euphorbia, seaweed used together. Licorice is still the traditional Chinese medicine commonly used drugs. Chinese traditional medicine that it is sweet natured; the heart, lungs, spleen and stomach. Have Spleen Qi, lungs and cough, urgency and pain relief, ease medicinal effect. Relatively speaking, licorice after birth with detoxification, honey roast is able to fill in with the priorities.
Modern medical research that: Licorice contains glycyrrhizin, licorice glycosides, organic acids, detoxification, anti-diuretic effect, and anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic. For more complex clinical cause Addison's disease, diabetes insipidus, Sheehan's syndrome, peptic ulcer and other significant treatment effect. But long-term heavy use of licorice can cause edema, hypertension, abdominal distension, vomiting and other adverse reactions, but also need to be wary of. Meanwhile, Chinese medicine, licorice not with seaweed, euphorbia, euphorbia, Daphne with the use, in order to avoid the occurrence of side effects.