How to consume licorice

Licorice, also known as sweet grass, Guolao, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, expectorant and cough, ruan abdomen, etc. Licorice can be made into water to drink, but also can be used as medicine, the following to introduce the use of licorice in detail.

Medicinal use method

Decoction, 2-10 g. Used raw, slightly cold, can clear heat and detoxify; honey roasted, slightly warm, and can enhance the effect of tonifying the heart and spleen and moistening the lungs to stop cough, can be used for weakness of the spleen and stomach, tiredness and weakness. Licorice should not be used together with Jing Da Ji, Coriander, Gan Sui and Seaweed. It should not be taken in large doses, otherwise it may cause water and sodium retention and cause swelling.

Glycyrrhiza sour date

Ingredients: 1kg of sour dates, 5kg of licorice powder, 300g of sugar, 400ml of cool water, and the right amount of poria. Method: 1, will be no rotten sour dates washed. 2, the cold water, licorice powder, sour dates, poria and sugar into a pot, placed on high heat and boil, and then cooked on low heat for about 35 minutes, after leaving the fire soak for 12 hours. 3, the sour dates out, put on the bamboo drawer to drain the juice, dry for a day, sun drying 70% to 80% dry, the pot of the remaining juice in two sprinkled on the surface of the sour dates, stir well and then eat. Efficacy: This ingredient is sour and bitter, and has the effect of tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, nourishing the heart, astringing sweat, and generating body fluid. It is an ideal health food for patients who or have symptoms of headache, insomnia, neurasthenia, anemia, and vertigo.

Licorice watermelon seeds

Ingredients: watermelon seeds 500g, peanut oil 10g, refined salt 25g, licorice 3g, quicklime 50g. Preparation: 1, pour lime into a large bowl with 500ml of water and mix well, blend into lime water, then pour into the watermelon seeds soak for about 5 hours, fish out and wash with water, remove the mucous membrane on the shell. 2, put the salt and licorice into a pot, pour 150ml of water, put on high fire and boil for about 15 minutes, strain the licorice, blend into licorice salt juice. 3, take an iron pot with 4g of peanut oil and put on high fire and boil until 80%, pour into the cleaned water. Until 80% mature, pour in the washed watermelon seeds constantly turning grass, when the watermelon seeds moisture is almost dry, then add 3 peanut oil, change the fire and stir-fry until the watermelon seeds flesh cooked, add 3g peanut oil for the third time, stir-fry a little to remove from the fire. 4, the fried watermelon seeds while hot pour into the licorice salt juice, cover the dip smothering 2 hours role that is ready. Efficacy: change the ingredients hacking operation, licorice aroma is rich, has the effect of cough suppression and asthma.

Various types of licorice tea

1, astragalus licorice tea: astragalus, licorice each 5g bubble water, with heat detoxification, anti-virus, enhance immunity and other effects. 2, lotus leaf licorice tea: there are 100g fresh lotus leaf, 5g licorice, water 1000ml preparation. Put the chopped lotus leaf and licorice into boiling water for 10 minutes, strain the dregs, add sugar and drink or make lotus leaf and licorice directly into water and drink. It has the effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, diuretic and thirst. 3, lingzhi licorice tea: lingzhi 6g, licorice 5g, put it in a thermos, brewed into boiling water most of the bottle, cover smothered 20 minutes, then drink. It has the effect of tonifying liver energy, protecting liver and strengthening kidney. 4, red date licorice tea: licorice 15g, wheat 50g, red dates 15g, boiling water 1000ml, add all the herbs into the boiling water and boil, cook for about 15 minutes on low heat, remove the slag and drink. The tea has the effect of promoting depression and relieving anxiety, benefiting the qi and strengthening the spleen for people who are anxious, not easy to fall asleep and wake up easily with shallow sleep. 5, lotus seeds heart sweet tea: dried lotus seeds heart, raw licorice 3g each in water can be taken. It has the effect of regulating emotional tension, anxiety, tasteless diet, insomnia and other symptoms. 6, silver flower licorice tea: take 60g of licorice, silver flower 30g, mash it into a hot water bottle, brewed into the appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and smothered for 15 minutes, you can drink, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification.