What is Licorice Extract?
Licorice Extract is a medicinally valuable ingredient extracted from licorice. The licorice extract generally contains glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhizic acid, licorice, licorice flavonoids, cinnabar, formononetin, quercetin, etc. It is yellow to brownish yellow powder. It has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, removing phlegm and relieving cough, relieving acute pain, and reconciling various medicines.
Licorice Extract Benefits
Licorice is a plant with great medicinal value, which is used in both Chinese and Western medicine. Western medicine has used licorice as an expectorant, antitussive, and sweetener since ancient times. In the ancient Chinese pharmacology "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", licorice is described as a drug for strengthening muscles and bones, increasing physical strength, and treating wounds, and it is listed as a top grade, saying that this herb is the king of all medicines, and there are few prescriptions that do not use it.
In traditional Chinese medicine, licorice is classified as the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians; it has the functions of invigorating the spleen and qi, clearing away heat and detoxifying, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, relieving acute pain and relieving pain, and reconciling various medicines. It is mainly used to treat weakness of the spleen and stomach, fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, cough with excessive phlegm, pain in the abdomen and limbs, abscesses and sores, and relieve drug toxicity and potency. The dosage is 1.5-9mg.
Studies have shown that licorice can inhibit monoamine oxidase, inhibit aldose reductase that causes diabetes, relieve spasms and pain, and so on.
The whitening effect of licorice extract is mainly by inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase and dopachrome Interconvertase (TRP-2), hindering the polymerization of 5,6-Dihydroxyindole (DHL), so as to prevent the formation of melanin. form, so as to achieve the effect of whitening the skin.
In the licorice extract, the ingredients with sunscreen efficacy are generally flavonoids. Due to the conjugation of the molecular structure of licorice flavonoids, it shows strong absorption of both ultraviolet and visible light. Molecules that absorb high-energy ultraviolet rays transition from the ground state to the activated state, and then from the activated state back to the ground state, releasing harmless low-energy rays. Compared with synthetic sunscreens, licorice extract does not need to add antioxidants in the formula when used as sunscreens, does not irritate the skin, and has a strong stable absorption capacity.
How much Licorice Root Extract should I take?
The daily dosage of licorice is 3-9 grams orally. Licorice is a common clinical Chinese medicinal material, which has the effect of treating cough, clearing heat, and detoxifying, and has a certain curative effect on the treatment of enteritis, oral ulcer, and gastric ulcer. Drinking in water also has a strong health-preserving effect, but when using licorice to soak in water, it is very important to grasp the amount. Drink with licorice soaked in water, preferably between 3 and 5 grams, not more than 5 grams, you can slice and soak in water to help the ingredients play.
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