Licorice (Glycyrrhiza)
甘草属gān cǎo shǔGancaoshu
Glycyrrhiza · Plant
1
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
May cause hypertension, hypokalemia, and fluid retention; avoid with heart disease, kidney disease, and liver disease; interacts with many medications.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Licorice for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Licorice does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit LiverBenefit Respiratory Cough
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Glycyrrhiza 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 Antimicrobial278 records, 96 in people
- Benefit Digestive177 records, 80 in people
- Benefit Immune217 records, 76 in people
- Benefit Liver288 records, 99 in people
- Benefit Respiratory Cough53 records, 24 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome634 records, 234 in people