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Pin Yin: gancao
Common name: licorice root
Botanical family: Leguminosae
Botanical name: Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Primary action: Supplement Qi
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: neutral, warm when toasted
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, LI, St, Sp, Ht, SI, UB, Kd, PC, TH, GB, Lv [all 12 Channels, but especially Sp, Lu]
Actions:
Supplements Spleen and benefits Qi, especially when toasted.
Moistens Lungs and stops coughing.
Detoxifies Fire Poison; used as an antidote to certain poisons, both internally
and externally.
Relieves spasms of abdomen and legs.
Harmonizes other herbs; used in lower doses for this purpose, and can
be used in both Heat and Cold Patterns.
(See
Spleen Qi Vacuity
;
Heat Toxin
;
Qi Stagnation
.)
Dosage:
0.5-4 qian.
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