What is the difference between raw licorice and licorice

There is of course a certain difference between raw licorice and licorice. Licorice not only has the effect of treating abdominal pain, but also can help eliminate phlegm and stop movement, clear away heat and detoxify. Roasted licorice is licorice baked with honey, which can play the effect of promoting yang and restoring the pulse and replenishing qi.

1. Roasted Licorice and Raw Licorice

Licorice not only has the function of treating abdominal diseases, but also can effectively eliminate phlegm, relieve cough, clear away heat and detoxify.

When licorice is written in the prescription, raw licorice is referred to. The original medicinal materials are removed of impurities, washed, moistened, sliced, and used raw as medicine. It is more inclined to clear away heat and detoxify. Roasted licorice is also known as roasted licorice, honey licorice, and honey-roasted licorice. Mix raw licorice slices with honey, stir-fry until they are no longer sticky, take them out and spread them out to dry, and then use them as medicine. It is more inclined to moisten the lungs and harmonize the middle.

2. Roasted licorice is licorice roasted with honey . Roasted licorice root is in the form of round or oval slices, with a reddish brown or grayish brown surface that is slightly shiny, and a yellow to dark yellow cross section with distinct cambium rings and radial rays.

The soup made from roasted licorice can not only replenish qi and nourish yin, but also has a certain therapeutic effect of promoting yang and restoring the pulse. In addition, it has obvious effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and restoring the pulse.

It is used for weak spleen and stomach, fatigue, palpitations, and irregular pulse, and can detoxify aconite.

Grass tips, licorice tips, and raw grass tips are all the tips or thin roots of licorice roots. They are washed and cut into small pieces for use as medicine. It tends to clear away heat and promote diuresis.

Roasted licorice is often used to make roasted licorice soup, which is a soup made with roasted licorice as the main ingredient and has many benefits to the human body.

It originated from "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" by Zhang Zhongjing of the Han Dynasty. The original text says: "For colds, knotty and intermittent pulse, and palpitations, Zhigancao Decoction is the main treatment." It is composed of roasted licorice, ginger, cinnamon twig, ginseng, raw rehmannia, donkey-hide gelatin, Ophiopogon japonicus, hemp seed, jujube, and sake.

3. The efficacy of licorice root

1. Tonifying Yin is the main purpose. For example, in "Shanghan Lai Su Ji. Shanghan Su Yi" by Ke Qin of the Qing Dynasty, it is pointed out that this prescription uses "Shengdi as the main ingredient, Ophiopogon japonicus as the secondary ingredient, and roasted Licorice root as the auxiliary ingredient. Large doses are used to tonify the true Yin, which is the beginning of the Yin-nourishing method in the school of thought." In "Yi Ji You Yin Lun" by Tian Zonghan of the Qing Dynasty, it is also considered that this prescription is "the ancestor of Yin-nourishing prescription."

2. Mainly focusing on blood supplement. For example, a group of doctors represented by Tang Rongchuan in the Qing Dynasty believed that Zhigancao Decoction is a "large dose of blood supplement".

3. Tonify both Qi and blood. For example, Jin Cheng Wuji’s Commentary on Treatise on Febrile Diseases believes that the effect of Zhigancao Decoction is to tonify both Qi and blood. "Replenish the deficiency, replenish blood and qi and restore the pulse."