Can ginger and licorice be taken together?

Licorice and ginger are both treasures of life, with certain medicinal value, and are of great help to the health of the body. Licorice itself is cold, known as the king of all medicines, with the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, relieving cough and asthma, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, while ginger has the effects of warming and nourishing, warming the uterus and warming the stomach. Not all foods can be eaten together, so can ginger and licorice be soaked in water and drunk together?

1. What should not be eaten with licorice?

1. It cannot be eaten together with various fish, such as carp, silver carp, grass carp, whitebait, catfish, bighead carp, etc. Eating them together will cause diarrhea or poisoning.

2. Do not eat it with pork or pork bones, as it will cause poisoning. It can be treated with mung beans.

3. Do not take it with seaweed, Euphorbia pekinensis, Euphorbia repens, Gelsemium elegans, and Daphne genkwa as the medicinal properties are in conflict and they cannot be used together.

2. Who should not eat licorice?

Patients with hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, sexual dysfunction, edema, obese people, pregnant women, etc. cannot eat licorice. Licorice can inhibit the conversion of cortisol, thereby causing blood pressure to rise, so patients with hypertension cannot eat it; licorice contains glycyrrhizic acid hormone, so patients with heart disease and kidney disease cannot eat it; licorice preparations can damage sexual function, so people with sexual dysfunction cannot eat it; long-term use of large doses of licorice can cause edema, so patients with edema cannot eat it; licorice may cause abnormal weight gain, so obese people cannot eat it; pregnant women eating licorice may cause heavy bleeding and cause premature birth.

3. What are the effects of licorice?

1. Can clear away heat and detoxify: Licorice can be used together with honeysuckle, forsythia, etc. to clear away heat and detoxify. If pesticide or food poisoning occurs, it is often taken with mung beans or boiled in saposhnikovia water.

2. Can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough: It can be used alone or in combination with other medicines. There are Erchen Decoction for treating cough with damp phlegm, Linggan Wuwei Jiangxin Decoction for treating cough and asthma with cold phlegm, Sangxing Decoction for treating cough with dry phlegm, Platycodon Decoction for treating lung abscess caused by heat toxicity and cough with fishy and purulent phlegm, and Licorice and Dry Ginger Decoction for treating cough with saliva, etc.

3. It can nourish the spleen and replenish qi: licorice is used together with cinnamon twig, or with codonopsis pilosula, atractylodes macrocephala, etc., to treat spleen and stomach qi deficiency, fatigue, etc.

4. Can relieve acute pain: Licorice and peony used together can significantly enhance the efficacy of treating acute pain; used together with platycodon, it can treat sore throat.

5. Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic: Licorice has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects, can protect the inflamed throat and tracheal mucosa; it has a detoxifying effect similar to glucuronic acid on certain poisons.

6. Licorice contains glycyrrhizin, a hormone-like compound that helps balance the hormone levels in women's bodies and is often used to treat symptoms associated with menopause. The subcitonic acid it contains can block the effect of carcinogens in inducing tumor growth.

7. Licorice can harmonize various medicines and alleviate the toxicity and potency of certain drugs.

4. Can licorice be soaked in water or wine?

1. Licorice can be soaked in water and drunk. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing phlegm and relieving cough, nourishing the spleen and replenishing qi, relieving acute pain, and harmonizing various medicines. If diarrhea, physical fatigue, mental anxiety and other abnormal conditions occur, stop taking it immediately; it cannot be drunk for a long time, otherwise the stomach and intestines will become worse. If the body recovers after a week, you should stop taking it. If there is no improvement, you should stop taking it even more; do not take it in large quantities, which will harm your health and may even lead to respiratory failure.

2. Licorice can be soaked in wine, but some experts say that the main components of licorice are water-soluble substances, which are non-toxic and harmless. Soaking in wine will not have much effect on enhancing the efficacy of the medicine, and its nourishing effect on the body is minimal. It can be directly soaked in warm water and drunk, which is both economical and convenient.

5. Can licorice remove freckles? Can it cure bad breath?

Licorice does not have the effect of removing freckles, but you can take some licorice to treat bad breath. Please note that licorice cannot be taken in large quantities for a long time, otherwise it will cause edema.