The efficacy and effects of licorice in water

April 12, 2023
Licorice is one of the traditional Chinese medicines in China, mainly used to treat coughs, and is also used in many prescriptions to detoxify the body.

Clearing heat and detoxifying

Licorice has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, which is one of its greatest effects. In summer, people are more prone to thirst and fire, drinking a cup of licorice infused tea is definitely the ideal practice to clear the heat and relieve the summer heat. Licorice infusion and licorice sweetener have certain detoxifying ability for certain drug poisoning, food poisoning, and metabolite poisoning in the body.

Anti-cough and expectorant

Some people will experience cough and phlegm, and drinking liquorice infusion has the effect of alleviating this symptom by resolving phlegm and relieving cough, making the throat more permeable and soothing, and relieving sore throat. For people with dry mouth, you can choose to drink liquorice in tea. Cough suppressant effect Glycyrrhiza glabra has obvious central cough suppressant effect, large doses of glycyrrhiza glabra can cause respiratory depression in mice.

Tonifying the Spleen and Benefiting Qi

Drinking licorice in water has the effect of tonifying the spleen and benefiting qi, relieving pain, treating indigestion and physical fatigue caused by deficiency of the spleen and stomach, and drinking licorice tea can treat stomach diseases. The infusion of licorice sweetener removed and the flavonoid glycosides in licorice have significant protective effect on experimental ulcers in rats.

Precautions for consuming licorice

1. licorice contains opioids, should not be consumed too much, drinking tea should not be chicken intestine drinking, it is best to drink a few days to stop, so as not to cause opioid addiction. 2. Some people have allergic reaction to licorice, after drinking it, they should stop eating it when they have cold sweat, runny nose, moth, yawning and irritability.
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