The old and liquorice

Deng Yuxia Chongqing metro hospital

China's traditional Chinese medicine to

        In our country, licorice as drug use, has a history of more than two thousand years. It has many nicknames, beautiful grass, dense, thick grass, grass powder, sweet grass, sweet root, etc., these aliases are associated with the traits of licorice, is easy to understand. However, licorice has an interesting nickname, called the old. This nickname will start from the south.

        In a famous doctor, tao hongjing.... He is not only a famous medical experts and famous Taoist priest, thinker and writer. He was intelligent, knowledgeable, early into the palace of the officer. When he was 36 years old, because want to return to nature and rural life. He resigned in the maoshan seclusion. Meanwhile, emperor wudi let people from the country from time to time he received current events, to advise on court, known as "prime minister" in the mountains. At the same time, he also compiled book, write an alchemist notes, also often give a person.

        His treatment of the patient are many, all kinds of patients, almost a hurry not blindly licorice in the prescription. Have ask tao hongjing... don't know how to be a patient, said: "tao man, why do you give people, licorice? Are there in each medicine licorice can cure all diseases?" Tao hongjing... smiled, said: "I study the cold-induced febride years, licorice but indispensable good medicine blindly. It is disposition GanPing benefit, can slow can quick again. Into the prescription of some temperament fierce or lazy slow drug that can act as supervisor, the system, the folding of the of the, to promote the role. In the different prescriptions, but for you, for to make, to transfer all the medicine, make it play a better effect. In the realm of medicine said in a small, liquorice is the peacemaker. Say in big, liquorice is the old. It's role as a country of the old. I say this, you can understand why I ten party nine licorice, isn't it?" The patient is nodding said. From then on, people love licorice as the old.

        Modern medicine study of licorice has been found that licorice contains as many as hundreds of chemical ingredients, there are a lot of benefits to human body, can cure or auxiliary treatment of many diseases. Such as the liver and gallbladder diseases, digestive system disease, anti-inflammatory anti-infection, regulating immune function, etc., it deserves to be the medicine, the king of kingdom of old. The ancients said licorice as the old, is very apt.

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