Licorice reduced physiological man

(Dig, Hai Duong)

Answer: according to traditional medicine, licorice sweetness, computer, have the effect of additional Central utility gas, muscle spasms, pain, thirst, only to scrap, leap, detoxify, regulate the drug's properties.

When prompted to licorice, people often think of major impacts 2 it is automatic and help detoxify the drugs. For example: Use licorice in gas to increase tonic tonic effects of gas as in fourth army, Additional Central utility gas: licorice along with Huang, ginseng increases the more tonic effects of Ginseng, often used to sting the licorice.

According to Western medicine, licorice has the effect of toxins such as chloralhydrat award, toxin, tetanus.

Licorice has antispasmodic effect on smooth muscles in the digestive tract, digestive tract ulcer prevention, inhibition of acid secretion room due the effect of histamine wound healed quickly, do raise the immunity of the body.

Luong vu Bui Hong Minh, medical Chairman of Oriental medicine Ba Dinh said: Although licorice has many health effects but it also has side effects, especially when used too the dosage prescribed.

Licorice may reduce the physiology in men due to containing gluxigrin substance-reducing hormones female, can cause the condition of helplessness, impotence in men. Experiments for 20 men using water extracts of 1, 3 g of dried licorice per day, corresponding to 400mg AG, taking in 10 days, resulting in the amount of testosterone in those who used the licorice has significantly reduced compared to normal people.

Besides, the use of licorice in large easy to cause full body edema and hypertension: American scientists have also researched and discovered the active ingredient glycyrrhizic acid (AG) in licorice that causes intoxication, leading to the phenomenon of headaches, hypertension, body fatigue by keeping sodium and potassium excretion , even leading to the heart stop beating.

In Oriental medicine, with people with bloating, vomiting, edema thũng, physiological weak men, impotence, then private use not licorice. The medical world has also recommended, does not consume 100 mg AG/licorice day too.

Therefore, when the body is heat, causing the sensation of discomfort due to the dry, thirsty throat, tongue and mouth sores at least minor ... can use the licorice combined with other herbs to cool the liver detoxification. Need a doctor's opinion if you want to use them as regular drinking water with people who are infected with the disease and chronic level, use the specific drug treatment. Even healthy people should not abuse, you should only drink in a short time and should change the ingredients in cool water for all.

Some drugs from licorice:

1. treat the inflammation infection such as swelling, scourge oropharynx swelling breast pain, inflammation, prostate cancer (lung abscess), foot and mouth sores, eczema: using B. licorice. Often combined with the thermal bar drug detoxification treatment as scourge, used with dandelion, flower, honeysuckle. Treatment of oropharynx swelling pain, Zhuge wing, figworts, tinh, Painted flat beans, radiation can, burdock.

2. treat chronic sore throat: Use licorice lived 10 g of boiling tea water as drinking water immersion, most sweet, drink continuously until the symptoms. Food fish, chili, sugar, mild disease drink 1-2 months, ill drink 3-5 months.

3. Treating cracked skin: 50 g 75% ethanol soaked licorice 200 ml after 24 hours, remove the body, glycerin to 200 ml, at use rinse the seat cracked, smeared drugs on.

4. treat food poisoning: using B. licorice 9-15 g water, divided into 3-4 times in 2 hours, a very few countries have fever powder mixed water 1 g, Hoang lien oral medications, severe poisoning cases taking licorice 30 g 300 ml, her best every 3-4 hours of stomach and wash 100 ml enema stormed the stomach , tv room.

(Source: medicinal plants and herbs Vietnam-Military Academy)=