The ancients not only made good use of Astragalus to treat diseases, but also made good use of Astragalus to tonify the body. Astragalus membranaceus is not only a commonly used Chinese medicine in medical treatment, but also an economical tonic and condiment, which can be used for stewing meat, soaking wine, cooking, seasoning and deodorizing.
People often use astragalus to stew jujube, astragalus to stew hens, and astragalus to cook black beans, which is delicious and nourishing. It is nutritious, not only can supplement the body, but also has a unique flavor. It is a good tonic for lying-in women, the elderly and the infirm after illness. Regular service can refresh people, strengthen their physique, beautify and moisturize their skin, and prolong their life.
Examples of prescriptions with astragalus as the main medicine
Danggui Buxue Decoction
Prescription: 50 grams of Radix Astragali and 0/0 grams of Radix Angelicae Sinensis/KLOC.
Usage: decoct in water.
Function: invigorating qi and generating blood.
Guipi decoction
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Prescription: 9 grams of Radix Astragali, Arillus Longan, Poria and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, 6 grams of Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Ginseng, 3 grams of Radix Aucklandiae, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, Radix Polygalae and Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 3 pieces of ginger and 3 pieces of jujube.
Usage: decoct in water.
Function: It can treat a variety of hemorrhagic diseases, belonging to the syndrome of deficiency of both heart and spleen and spleen failing to control blood.
Buzhong Yiqi decoction
Prescription: Radix Bupleuri, Radix Astragali, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Herba Ephedrae preparata 6g, Radix Codonopsis, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Colla Corii Asini, Radix Arnebiae 65438 00g, Fructus Jujubae 65438 00g, Herba et Gemma Agrimoniae 20g, and Radix Glycyrrhizae 8g.
Usage: Take it with water, warm before meals or on an empty stomach.
Function: tonify yang, tonify middle energizer, invigorate qi and combine yin. Can be used for treating allergic rhinitis, relieving fatigue, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach.
Yupingfeng powder
Prescription: Radix Astragali 300g, Radix Saposhnikoviae100g, Atractylodis Rhizoma100g.
Usage: Grind into fine flour twice a day, each time 15g, and swallow.
Function: strengthening exterior and stopping sweating, used for symptoms such as spontaneous sweating due to physical weakness and easy to catch a cold.
◇ Buyang Huanwu Decoction
Prescription: Radix Astragali 60g, angelica tail 6g, Radix Paeoniae Rubra 6g, Rhizoma Chuanxiong 3g, Semen Persicae 3g, Flos Carthami 3g and Lumbricus 3g.
Usage: decoct in water.
Function: benefiting qi and promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging collaterals. It is used for patients with hemiplegia, mouth-eye deviation, speech disorder or paraplegia, weakness of lower limbs, frequent urination and incontinence. This prescription can be used for sequelae of apoplexy, cerebral thrombosis and polio.
Dietary taboos:
It needs to be clear that although Astragalus membranaceus is a good tonic, it generally has no obvious adverse reactions. However, it is a kind of medicine for warming and tonifying, which can benefit qi, strengthen yang, help ease fire and stop sweating. Therefore, people with symptoms such as cold, fever, and fullness in the chest and abdomen should not take Astragalus membranaceus. If patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have symptoms such as fever, dry lips and hemoptysis, it is not advisable to take Astragalus membranaceus alone. Astragalus membranaceus is not suitable for the treatment of carbuncle with symptoms such as initial onset or excessive heat toxicity after ulcer. In addition, studies have shown that Astragalus can significantly increase the chromosome aberration rate and cell micronucleus rate, so it is not suitable for pregnant women to use it in large quantities for a long time.
Recommended: Stewed black-bone chicken with astragalus.
Efficacy: tonify liver and kidney, invigorate qi and blood, and assist in the treatment of male nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation.
Formula: 50g of astragalus root, black-bone chicken 1000g, onion 10g, ginger10 g.
Practice: 1. Wash, blanch in boiling water pot, remove and wash.
2. Wash Astragalus membranaceus, put it into the belly of black-bone chicken, put it into a casserole, add chicken soup, add cooking wine, salt, onion and ginger slices, and simmer until the black-bone chicken is rotten and tasty.
Recommended: Stewed turtle with astragalus and medlar
Formula: 50 grams of Radix Astragali, 30 grams of Fructus Lycii and 500 grams of soft-shelled turtle. Salt, soybean oil and cold water.
Methods: Astragalus membranaceus was sliced and wrapped with gauze. Wash Lycium barbarum, gut turtle and cut into pieces. Put the three ingredients into the pot, add appropriate amount of cold water, stew until cooked, remove the residue, and season with soybean oil and salt.
Efficacy: tonify the middle energizer, nourish yin and generate blood. It is suitable for patients with dizziness or leukopenia caused by radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.