Children can take licorice boiled water as prescribed by the doctor if they are sleepy, coughing, etc., but the specific medication needs to be strictly followed by the doctor’s instructions.
Licorice is a traditional Chinese medicine with the effect of benefiting qi and tonifying the middle, clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins), moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, easing the pain and relieving emergency pain (relieving urgent pain symptoms), and regulating the efficacy of the medicinal properties of licorice, which has a sweet taste and a flat nature, and is attributed to the heart meridian, the lung meridian, the spleen meridian, and the gastric meridian.
It can be used to treat drowsiness, deficiency of heart qi, palpitations in the heart, coughing, wheezing, carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sores, occurring on the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs of the acute suppurative disease), paralysis of the throat (the pharynx is red, swollen, painful, or dry, with a feeling of a foreign body, or itchy discomfort in the pharynx and difficulty in swallowing), pain and discomfort in the epigastrium and abdomen, discomfort and contracture of the extremities, and poisoning of medicines and food, and other diseases.
Those who are allergic to licorice are prohibited from taking it; allergy sufferers need to be cautious in taking licorice. Adverse reactions such as swelling, limb weakness, numbness, etc. may occur after taking large amounts of licorice or for a long period of time.
Children can take licorice boiled water as prescribed by the doctor if they suffer from coughing, wheezing and other illnesses. However, the therapeutic effect of single licorice is limited, the specific medication also need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, not unauthorized use of medication, so as not to delay the condition.