The contraindication of licorice is dampness and chest and abdominal distension and vomiting is prohibited, there is no so-called licorice water drink five contraindications such as this statement. Licorice has the effect of tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, and should be used according to the doctor’s prescription. Licorice is a traditional Chinese medicine, for the legume licorice plant licorice dried roots and rhizomes, taste sweet, sex flat, with the spleen and beneficial qi, expectorant cough, clearing heat and detoxification (remove the body of heat and poisonous evil), easing the pain (relief of more urgent pain symptoms), and harmonization of drugs (harmonization of the different Chinese medicinal herbs) effect. It is mainly used for treating weakness of the spleen and stomach, cough and phlegm, carbuncle, swelling and sores, contracted pain in the epigastrium (abdomen) and limbs, and relieving drug toxicity. Adverse reactions such as sodium retention, edema, hypertension, and weakness of the limbs may occur when licorice is taken in large quantities or given in small amounts for long periods of time. Note that dampness and chest and abdominal distension and vomiting is prohibited, all kinds of edema, kidney disease, hypertension, hypokalemia, congestive heart failure and other patients should not be used, diabetics should not be taken for a long time. Therefore, there is no licorice in water to drink the five taboos. Licorice can be soaked in water to drink tea, but note that the active ingredients in Chinese medicine soak water to drink limited precipitation, it is difficult to achieve the therapeutic effect, so if there are uncomfortable symptoms, you should go to the hospital, under the guidance of a physician to standardize the treatment, do not unauthorized use of medication, so as not to cause adverse reactions.