Can pregnant women eat moxibustion licorice during pregnancy?

Pregnant women should be cautious in choosing food and medicine throughout the pregnancy period, because some medicines may have adverse effects on the fetus if they are inappropriate. It is not recommended for pregnant women to eat licorice.

1. Nutritional value of licorice

Licorice rhizomes and roots contain glycyrrhizin, which is the main component of licorice's sweet taste. In addition, there are various glycyrrhizin, coumarins, cymene lactones, etc.

2. The efficacy and function of licorice

Licorice is sweet and neutral in nature. Enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. Replenish Qi and strengthen the middle; relieve acute and stop pain; moisten the lungs and stop coughing; purge fire and detoxify; harmonize various medicines. It is mainly used for fatigue, poor appetite, thin muscles and sallow complexion, palpitations and shortness of breath, abdominal pain and loose stools, cramps and pain in the limbs, irritability, cough and asthma, sore throat, sore and swollen carbuncles, fetal toxicity in children, and drug and food poisoning. It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, cough with excessive sputum, cramps and pain in the abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores, and to relieve the toxicity and potency of drugs.

3. Can pregnant women eat licorice?

Eat with caution. Pregnant women can take it, but excessive use is not recommended. Because the Chinese herbal medicine licorice not only has the effect of removing expectorant, but also has the effect of inducing labor. Taking it can easily cause miscarriage, premature birth, etc. Therefore, pregnant women should eat it with caution.

4. Can pregnant women eat licorice?

Eat with caution. Although licorice is not a drug that is contraindicated during breastfeeding, you should not take compound licorice tablets used to treat cough during breastfeeding because they contain anesthetic ingredients that are harmful to the baby.