Licorice and dried ginger alone cannot cure constipation.
Licorice can tonify the spleen and benefit the qi, clear away heat and detoxify the toxin, dispel phlegm and stop coughing, relieve pain (to relieve more urgent pain symptoms), and harmonize all medicines (to harmonize the properties of different Chinese medicines). It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, tiredness, palpitation, shortness of breath, cough and phlegm, contracted pain in the epigastrium (abdomen) and limbs, carbuncle, swelling and sores, and relieving the toxicity and potency of medicines.
Dried ginger warms the middle and disperses cold (dispersing cold with medicine that warms the spleen and stomach), returns yang to the veins, warms the lungs and resolves drinks (promoting the flow of stagnant water and fluid by warming the lungs). It is used for cold pain in the epigastrium (feeling cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs with weak pulse, and wheezing and coughing with cold drinks.
In clinical treatment of constipation, prescriptions such as Jichuan Decoction, Liumao Tang, Huangqi Tang, Lunji Pill and Ma Zi Ren Pill can be used according to different types of symptoms.
If constipation and other discomforts, it is recommended to go to a regular medical institution, clear cause and symptomatic treatment, do not recommend self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.