【Habitat】Growing in sunny and dry sandy places along river banks, on salinized soil and calcareous grasslands, etc.
【Plant height】0.3-0.7m
【Smell and taste】Slight smell, specially sweet.
【Flower】bluish purple
【Blooming period】July to August
【Fruiting period】August to September
【Seeding time】in Spring
【Sun/Shade】prefers sunlight
【Temperature & Soil】Wide adaptability, prefers arid climate, cold resistant, avoid salt and alkali, clay and swamp. Prefers fertile sandy loam.
【Medicinal parts】roots and rhizome. Chinese name: Gancao or Guolao.
【Harvest & Processing】Excavated in autumn, removed ends, stemfoot, branchlet and fibrous root, cut into appropriate segments, sundried, bundled up, then completely sundried.
【Main components】Mainly contains triterpenoid saponins.
【Pharmacological effect】 Anti-viral, anti-bacterial, having effect as adrenocortical hormone, anti-ulcer, hepatic-protective, pancreatic-secretion-promoting, anti-inflammatory, atitussive, phlegm-removing and anti-tumor, anti-mutation, detoxifying and antioxidant.
【Property】Sweet, neutral. Tonifying middle-Jiao and qi, clearing heat, detoxifying, removing phlegm, relieving cough, alleviating pain, moderating the property of herbs.

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