Root of Ural Licorice
Radix Glycyrrhizae
Xiao Gan Cao

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Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Mild; sweet

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

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.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

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.