The effects and functions of Astragalus powder, do you know Astragalus?

Astragalus is a relatively common Chinese medicine with a wide range of uses. It has good therapeutic effects on many diseases. Astragalus can nourish the spleen and replenish qi, and can also treat hypertension, heart disease, acute glomerulonephritis, gastric ulcers and other diseases.

1. The efficacy of Astragalus

1. Nourish the spleen and replenish qi

It is used for symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, loose stools, fatigue, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, and prolapse of the anus due to long-term diarrhea. Beiqi has a strong effect of replenishing qi and is good at replenishing lung qi. It can treat symptoms such as shortness of breath due to lung deficiency, low voice, laziness, fatigue, and susceptibility to colds. It is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Chinese yam, and roasted licorice. Beiqi processed with honey has stronger tonic effect.

2. Strengthen the exterior and stop sweating

Used for spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of exterior. Beiqi can replenish Qi while also having the property of tonifying the exterior, so it can replenish Qi and strengthen the exterior to stop sweating. Beiqi has a good effect in strengthening the exterior and stopping sweating. Clinically, through different combinations, it can treat various sweating diseases; when used with yang-boosting drugs, it can treat spontaneous sweating due to yang deficiency; when used with qi-tonifying drugs, it can treat spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency; when used with tonic drugs, it can treat night sweats due to yin deficiency. If Qi and blood are insufficient and one is exposed to wind and cold, one is often unable to sweat. Adding Astragalus to antipyretic drugs can stimulate Yang Qi, replenish the source of sweat and induce sweating. This is the reason why it is said that "Astragalus can stop sweating if there is sweat, and induce sweating if there is no sweat." It is best to use it raw at this time.

3. Replenishing Qi and Raising Yang

Used for symptoms of qi deficiency and sinking. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the prolapse of internal organs is due to the sinking of Qi in the middle. Beiqi is good at invigorating Qi and raising Yang, and can treat rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse, gastric ptosis, kidney ptosis, and metrorrhagia caused by Qi deficiency and blood loss. Traditional Chinese medicine uses Buzhong Yiqi Decoction to treat various symptoms of organ prolapse. The Beiqi in Buzhong Yiqi Decoction is used for its Qi-replenishing and ascending properties, which can raise the clear yang of the spleen and stomach. At this time, it is best to use it after making it with honey.

4. Diuresis and swelling

It is used for edema due to qi deficiency, often with Atractylodes macrocephala, Stephania tetrandra, roasted licorice or cinnamon twig and Poria cocos. For example, Fangji Huangqi Decoction and Fangji Fuling Decoction both contain this product. It is mostly used to treat proteinuria in chronic nephritis, late-stage diabetes, etc.

5. Drain pus from ulcer

It is used for carbuncles caused by Qi deficiency that do not break for a long time, or do not heal for a long time after breaking. It is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula and cinnamon bark. This product can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, promote the early rupture of pustules and muscle regeneration, and has the effect of draining pus and promoting muscle regeneration.

2. The role of Astragalus

1. Hypertension: For the treatment of hypertension in the elderly with lower limb edema, Fangji Huangqi Decoction plus Pueraria root is often used, which has a good effect in eliminating edema and lowering blood pressure.

2. Ischemic heart disease: Take 50 grams of Astragalus membranaceus daily, decocted in water and taken in three doses. 92 cases of ischemic heart disease were treated and compared with xintongding and danshen tablets respectively. The results showed that the astragalus group had a better therapeutic effect.

3. Acute glomerulonephritis. Edema caused by acute nephritis, used for asthenic edema caused by insufficient Yang Qi. Patients with edema due to chronic nephritis and spleen and kidney deficiency.

4. Helicobacter pylori positive gastric ulcer.

5. Astragalus has the effects of reducing blood viscosity, reducing thrombosis, lowering blood pressure, protecting the heart, regulating blood sugar bidirectionally, resisting free radical damage, anti-aging, anti-hypoxia, anti-tumor, and enhancing the body's immunity.