Chinese Licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)
棘甘草jí gān cǎoJigancao
Glycyrrhiza uralensis · Plant
1
Indications
7
With studies in people
Cautions
May cause hypertension, hypokalemia, edema; avoid with heart failure, kidney disorders, liver cirrhosis, hypertension; interacts with many medications.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Chinese Licorice for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Chinese Licorice does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AdrenalBenefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit LiverBenefit Respiratory Cough
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Glycyrrhiza uralensis and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Adrenal3 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Antimicrobial50 records, 18 in people
- Benefit Digestive47 records, 24 in people
- Benefit Immune74 records, 24 in people
- Benefit Liver96 records, 35 in people
- Benefit Respiratory Cough18 records, 8 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome212 records, 71 in people