The efficacy and function of licorice tablets

Medicine is the best choice for treating diseases, but there are some precautions for choosing medicine. Medicine cannot be used casually, but should be used according to the needs of one's own disease. Different medicines have different effects on treating diseases. Licorice tablets are a medicine for treating many diseases, and they are also very helpful in improving diseases. So what are the effects and functions of licorice tablets?

There are many aspects to the efficacy and effects of licorice tablets, and many people don’t know much about this. So when choosing it, you can also consult it so that you can use it with confidence and it will not harm your health.

The efficacy and function of licorice tablets :

Benefits of Licorice

Licorice nourishes the spleen and replenishes Qi, clears away heat and detoxifies, removes phlegm and relieves cough, relieves pain, and harmonizes various medicines. It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, cough with excessive sputum, cramps and pain in the abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores, and to relieve the toxicity and potency of drugs.

Effects of Licorice

1. It is used for heart qi deficiency, palpitations, irregular pulse, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, fatigue, etc. The former is often used in combination with cinnamon twig, such as Guizhi Gancao Decoction and Zhigancao Decoction. The latter is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc., such as Sijunzi Decoction and Lizhong Pills.

2. Used for carbuncle, sore throat, etc. It can be used alone, orally or topically, or in combination. For carbuncles and ulcers, it is often used together with honeysuckle, forsythia, etc., which can work together to achieve the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, such as the immortal prescription life-saving drink. For sore throat, it is often used together with Platycodon grandiflorum, such as Platycodon grandiflorum soup. In case of pesticide or food poisoning, it is often taken with mung beans or boiled in water with saposhnikovia divaricata.

3. Used for asthma and cough. It can be used alone or in combination with other drugs. For example, Erchen Decoction is used to treat cough caused by damp phlegm; Linggan Wuwei Jiangxin Decoction is used to treat cough and asthma caused by cold phlegm; Sangxing Decoction is used to treat cough caused by dry phlegm; Platycodon Decoction is used to treat cough and spit of fishy and purulent phlegm caused by heat toxicity; and Gancao Ganjiang Decoction is used to treat cough and spit of saliva. In addition, it is often used in combination for wind-heat cough, wind-cold cough, and hot phlegm cough.

4. It is used for stomachache, abdominal pain and gastrocnemius spasm pain, etc. It is often used together with peony, which can significantly enhance the efficacy of treating spasm pain, such as Peony and Licorice Decoction.

5. Used to moderate the potency of certain medicines. For example, this product is used in the Chengqi Decoction to alleviate the laxative effect of rhubarb and Glauber's salt and their irritation to the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, this product is often used to harmonize various medicines in many prescriptions.

In addition, it is now used for gastric and duodenal ulcers, often together with cuttlefish bones, corrugated seeds, etc. This product also has a diuretic effect, so the hay tips are often used as an auxiliary medicine for treating hot stranguria and painful urination.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the effects and functions of licorice tablets. When using drugs, we must also pay attention to the methods, especially for drugs that we are not familiar with. We cannot use them at will. There are also some requirements for the amount of use. Moreover, if we want to be able to treat our own diseases well, drug selection is very important.