... Indications:tonifies pi (spleen), enhances qi, clears heat, rids of toxins, expels phlegm and stops cough, stops pain, synergizes ... plexus pain, spastic painful limbs, boils, to reduce toxicity of other herbs.7. Medical Function:, 1). adrenocortical hormone ... early as 1946 gan cao extract showed the characteristics of mineralcorticoid. Glycyrrhiza is metabolically converted to glycyrrhetic acid ( ...