摘要对秦汉简帛文献所见的甘草功效进行研究，发现出土文献中，甘草经常用于“疗外伤金创”。沿至东汉晋唐亦有大量甘草“疗外伤金创”功效的相关记载，而且药物配伍、制法、用法、用量均与秦汉简帛文献一脉相承，可证甘草“疗外伤金创”功效从先秦开始一直到唐代都广泛流传。现代药理研究进一步佐证了甘草具有“疗外伤金创”的功效。然而，当今临床把甘草的功效主要定位在“调和诸药”，忽视了甘草“疗外伤金创”这一重要功效。秦汉简帛文献对于全面了解药物功效主治，具有不可替代的作用。

abstractsIn the studies of the efficacy of licorice unearthed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, licorice was mainly used for traumatic injuries. This was recorded widely in the Eastern Han, Jin and Tang Dynasties, and the drug compatibility, processing and their uses were in line with the literature recorded in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Licorice was also provided evidence with the effect of traumatic injury treatment by modern pharmacological studies. However, the efficacy of licorice is mainly believed as "harmonizing all medicines" in current clinical practice, but ignored the main efficacy of licorice for "trauma". This means the study of the efficacy of licorice is meaningful and essential for current clinical practice.