What are the functions of the Chinese medicinal herb licorice?

Our traditional Chinese medicine has great magic and charm. There are many plants in our nature that can be used as Chinese medicinal materials and have great effects and functions. It is especially helpful in regulating the body and treating diseases. Licorice is a kind of Chinese medicinal material and is made into medicine. Many friends want to ask what the Chinese medicinal material licorice is used for? So let’s talk about this issue today.

Functions and indications: 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

In addition to making candy, licorice has a wide range of medicinal benefits. Its most common uses include relieving breathing difficulties such as colds, sore throats, bronchitis, allergies, and even tuberculosis due to its expectorant properties. It is increasingly used in modern cough syrups due to its mucolytic properties. It is also a common treatment for mouth and stomach ulcers. Additionally, licorice is believed to have a laxative effect. This herb can also act as an antiviral to treat shingles and ocular, oral, or genital herpes.

Licorice root can be used to treat ileitis because it has antispasmodic properties. It is very effective in treating conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, leaky gut syndrome, and Crohn’s disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is also used to treat cancer. Some studies have found that licorice can effectively prevent heart disease and lower cholesterol.

Licorice contains isoflavones, which means it can have estrogenic and/or anti-estrogenic effects. Therefore, this herb is thought to help reduce PMS and menopausal symptoms.

The above content introduces the various functions of licorice. I hope it will be helpful to all friends and enable them to correctly use licorice to solve and treat some diseases in life and make our lives happier and more fulfilling. Moreover, using this pure Chinese herbal medicine from nature has very few side effects, but it can bring great help to our lives.