Licorice. Because it tastes sweet, it is called licorice. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch mainly grows in arid and semi-arid desert grassland, desert edge and loess hilly region. It is rare to grow such herbs in such a harsh environment. In China, it is mainly distributed in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Shuozhou. Ural licorice is called the elder of the country. The elders in this country can reconcile the contradictions among ministers. At the same time, due to age, qualifications, knowledge and other reasons, the emperor can ask questions in time. Similarly, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch can reconcile various drugs, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi for people to use. This is a very appropriate metaphor. Ural licorice is different from Ural licorice. Ural licorice is made of honey, and its efficacy is mainly tonic.
In Treatise on Febrile Diseases, there is a prescription made of raw licorice, which Zhongjing called licorice soup, which is used to treat sore throat caused by Shaoyin disease. It can be seen that Zhongjing thinks that raw licorice is the best medicine to treat sore throat caused by heat toxicity, and platycodon grandiflorum is more effective. Although licorice is sweet, its sweetness is not pure sweetness, but it has the taste of some medicines.
It can be seen that licorice has many medicinal values and medical effects.