Liquorice
(gan cao)
Radix
Glycyrrhizae
Properties:
The
herb is sweet in flavour, neutral in nature, and acts on
the heart, spleen and lung channels. Being sweet, neutral,
moist, not dry for invigoration Qi, and mild in effect, it
is a typical herb with many effects of sweet flavour, such
as tonifying the heart and spleen, moistening he lung,
relieving spasm, clearing toxic substances and harmonizing
other herbs. The herb is indicated for deficiency of the
heart-qi and spleen-qi, dryness of the lung, cough, food
poisoning, drug intoxication swelling of pharynx, toxic
sore and other syndromes, and also for relieving spasm,
alleviating pain, alleviating toxic and drastic properties
of other herbs.
Effects:
Tonifying the heart and spleen, moistening the lung to arrest
cough, purging fire to remove toxins, relieving spasm to
alleviate pain, and moderating other herbs.
Indications:
1. It is often
used in combination with ginseng, white atractylodes
rhizome and poria, such as Sijunzi Decoction, for
deficiency of the spleen and stomach; and with cinnamom
twig, ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin, ophiopogon root and
other herbs for invigorating Qi, nourishing Yin and
restoring pulse, such as Zhi Gancao Decoction, for
deficiency of the heart-qi, palpitation, uneasiness and
slow pulse with irregular intervals.
2. It is used in
combination with ephedra and bitter apricot kernal to
treat cough due to pathogenic wind-cold; with mulberry
leaf, platycodon root, chrysanthemum flower and other
herbs to treat cough due to pathogenic wind-heat; with
gypsum, ephedra and bitter apricot kernel to treat dyspnea
due to lung-heat;and with
tangerine peel, pinellia tuber and poria to treat
deficiency of the spleen. abundant expectoration, cough
and asthma.
3. It is often
used in combination with honeysuckle flower, dahurian
angelica root, frankincense, pangolin scales and other
medicines for clearing toxins and eliminating swelling, to
treat sore, carbuncle and pyogenic infections; and with
platycodon root to treat sore throat.
4. It is often
used in combination with lophatherum, fiveleaf akebia,
plantain seed and other herbs, to treat pain in dribbling
urination; and with white peony root for relieving spasm
and alleviating pain, such as Shaoyao Gancao Decoction and
Xiao Jianzhong Decoction, to treat cold of deficiency
type, gastric pain, deficiency of blood, spasm and pain of
muscles.
In addition, The
herb can also be used to buffer and detoxicate other
medicines and food.
Dosage and
Administration: 3-10g. Used
unprepared for clearing heat and toxic substances, and
used stir-baked with auxiliary fluid mainly for others.
Precautions:
The herb is antagonistic to kansui root, knoxia root,
genkwa flower and seaweed, Large dosage can cause edema.
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For the
convenience of customers, we offer the
Liquorice
(gan cao)
as
the quick-dissolving granule made through modern
technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 3 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of
Liquorice
(gan cao)
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $98.00.
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
the order form.
