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Alternate Chinese names: 甘中黄 gān zhōng huáng

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.; Glycyrrhiza inflata Batal.; Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet; cold; nontoxic.^✽

Channel entry: Heart and stomach channels.

Actions and indications: Clears heat, cools blood, and resolves toxin. Treats cold damage with great heat effusion, heart vexation, and thirst; vexation and thirst; heat toxin maculopapular eruption; cinnabar toxin (erysipelas); sores.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (3–9g; wrap in muslin); can also be used in pills or powders.

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