Radix Glycyrrhizae

Radix Glycyrrhizae

(Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Sophora alopecuroides root (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Sophora alopecuroides. The plant morphology is detailed in "Kudouzi".

[collection] in summer and autumn, they were dug, sliced and dried.

[medicinal materials] the dry roots are long cylindrical, slightly curved, and generally cut into small segments of about 15-20 cm, with a diameter of about 0.8-2 cm. The surface is brownish yellow to brown, rough, with obvious longitudinal wrinkles and cracks, with transverse lenticels, sometimes with branch root marks. It is hard and not easy to break. The section is fibrous and light yellow. On the flat section, the xylem is arranged radially with cracks. Weak Qi, bitter taste.

Produced in Inner Mongolia.

Bitter, cold.

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treat dysentery, eczema, toothache, cough.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat dysentery: Sophora alopecuroides root and dandelion are five yuan each. Take it in water.

② Treatment of eczema, skin itching: sophora root five money to one or two. Take it by frying or fumigating.

③ Cure toothache: bitter bean root two money. Take it in water.

④ Treatment of scald: Sophora alopecuroides root appropriate amount. At the end of the study, the oil was applied externally. (the following is the Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Cure dysentery, jaundice fever, manic: bitter bean root two to three money. Fried soup. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

Chinese PinYin : Ku Gan Cao