Oral administration of Compound Glycyrrhetinic Acid Tablets may cause edema, so it may look and feel like you are gaining weight, when in fact you are not. Compound glycyrrhizin sodium has hormonal effects without hormonal side effects. After taking it for a long time or for sensitive body, the drug will cause water and sodium retention, so it will cause edema, including swelling of legs, jaws and face, and it will look like gaining weight. But after stopping the drug for about a week or so, this situation will disappear, so it is not easy to take the oral compound glycyrrhizin tablets for too long, especially for such elderly people, who usually need to stop taking the drug after about 15 days.