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Licorice
甘草
Licorice (lat. Glycyrrhiza uralensis) is a plant from family Leguminosae. The dried roots and
rhizomes are used in TCM.
Taste, Characteristic, and Meridian
Sweet, even by nature.
Returns to the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians.
Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Nourishes the spleen and qi, clears heat and removes toxins, expells phlegm and stops cough, relieves spasms and pain, and harmonizing various medicines.
Used in treating weakness of spleen and stomach, tiredness, palpitation, shortness of breath, cough and phlegm, spasms in the epigastric region and limbs, abscesses, and relieves the toxicity and potency of medicines.
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