The efficacy of licorice slices in water mainly includes tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, clearing heat and removing toxins, expelling phlegm and relieving cough.
Licorice has the effect of tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, easing the pain, expelling phlegm and relieving cough, clearing away heat and removing toxins, and harmonizing all medicines (harmonizing the medicinal properties of different Chinese medicines), and it is mainly applied to treating the weakness of the spleen and stomach, carbuncle, swollen sores and poisons, the epigastrium (stomach and epigastrium and the abdomen), the spasmodic pain of the limbs, shortness of breath with palpitations, coughing with excessive phlegm, lethargy, and alleviating the toxicity of medicines, and the potency of medicines.
Dampness in the obstruction and vomiting, epigastric distension and edema is prohibited, long-term use of large quantities can cause epigastric boredom, nausea (no appetite, reduced food intake), edema and other adverse reactions. Another licorice should not be used with seaweed, Beijing halberd, red halberd, glycyrrhiza glabra, coriander.
Licorice slices brewed as a tea drink can play a limited medicinal effect, can not replace the drug treatment of disease. Discomfort should be timely medical treatment, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the drug treatment, not self-medication.