Mung Bean Licorice Benefits and Effects

Mung bean and licorice can be used as Chinese herbs, in which mung bean has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification (removing heat and toxicity from the body), eliminating summer heat and inducing diuresis, which can be used for the treatment of summer heat and thirst, dysuria, and so on; while licorice has the effect of tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, which can be used for the treatment of weak spleen and stomach and coughing with excessive phlegm, and so on. 1. Mung bean: the dried seeds of cowpea plant of Fabaceae family, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, eliminating summer heat and inducing diuresis, and can be used for the treatment of summer heat and thirst, headache and eye redness, mouth and tongue sores, dysuria, oedema and other diseases. 2. Glycyrrhiza glabra: Its drug source is the dried roots and rhizomes of the legume Glycyrrhiza glabra, or Glycyrrhiza glabra, etc. It mainly has the effect of tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, expelling phlegm and relieving coughs, easing the urgency and relieving pain (relieving urgent pain symptoms), which can be used for treating the weakness of the spleen and stomach, fatigue and weakness (tiredness and fatigue), palpitations (accelerated heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), shortness of breath, coughing with excessive phlegm, and pain in the epigastric region (abdomen), contractures of the limbs and other diseases. In addition, licorice can also alleviate drug toxicity, potency, but licorice should not be used with seaweed, glycyrrhiza glabra, coriander, etc., mung bean nature of the cool, plain spleen and stomach cold (spleen and stomach weak cold) should not be eaten, the specific use of the physician’s diagnosis should be guided by.