Liquorice Root; Root of Ural Licorice

Gan Cao

甘草

Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma

Liquorice Root; Root of Ural Licorice

Sweet; Calm

Heart; Lung; Spleen; Stomach

Root and rhizome

For tonifying weakness

补虚

Treatment of weakness of the spleen and the stomach marked by lassitude and weakness, cardiac palpitation and shortness of breath, cough with much phlegm , spasmodic pain in the epigastrium, abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores. it is often used for reducing the toxic or drastic actions of other drugs.radix glycyrrhizae (processed with honey) weakness of the spleen and the stomach with lassitude and lack of strength, arrhythmia.

1. its decoction can inhibit intestinal smooth muscles of rabbins in vitro, but glycyrrhizin and glycyrrhetinic acid have no this effect.2. possessing an adrenocorticomimetic effect.3. its extract and glycyrrhizin exerts a detoxifying effect.4. antitussive and antiasthmatic. 5. glycyrrhizin has anti-inflammatory effect similar to hydrocortisone.

1. its decoction can inhibit intestinal smooth muscles of rabbins in vitro, but glycyrrhizin and glycyrrhetinic acid have no this effect.2. possessing an adrenocorticomimetic effect.3. its extract and glycyrrhizin exerts a detoxifying effect.4. antitussiv

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