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Know Chinese medicine every day-Astragalus membranaceus
The functions of Astragalus membranaceus are as follows:

1, invigorating qi and generating yang, for example, Huangqi water can treat stuffy speech, shortness of breath and mental fatigue;

2. Astragalus membranaceus has the function of consolidating exterior and stopping sweating. RuYupingfeng Granule consists of Radix Astragali, Radix Saposhnikoviae and fried atractylodes, and can be used for treating hyperhidrosis, especially daytime sweating, i.e. spontaneous sweating;

3, diuretic swelling, such as edema can be treated with boiled astragalus water;

4, you can have an abortion, like threatened abortion, you can use some Chinese medicines containing Astragalus;

5. Astragalus has the function of healing sores and promoting granulation. For example, if the muscle is not long after the injury or the wound has not healed, it can be treated with Astragalus.

6. Replenishing qi and consolidating exterior: Astragalus membranaceus is warm and enters the spleen meridian. It is an important drug for strengthening the spleen, which can cure spleen deficiency and fatigue, and eat less loose stool;

7. Sweating: Astragalus can replenish the qi of the lungs and spleen, benefit the body and stop sweating, and treat qi deficiency caused by spleen and lung qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating. Astragalus membranaceus can promote yang and relieve depression, and can also treat chronic diarrhea, proctoptosis and visceral prolapse caused by spleen deficiency and stagnation of middle qi.

8. diuresis and detumescence: it can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and also diuretic and detumescence. It is an important drug for qi deficiency and edema, and can treat spleen deficiency and dampness, edema due to transportation loss and oliguria;

9, supporting sores and expelling pus: Astragalus has the effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, making healthy qi vigorous, supporting poison and expelling pus, promoting granulation and healing sores, and treating acne and carbuncle.

10, regulating blood pressure: its antihypertensive components are γ -aminobutyric acid and astragaloside IV, which have a bidirectional regulating effect on blood pressure, can obviously reduce the resistance of cerebrovascular, peripheral blood vessels, coronary artery and mesenteric artery, and have a certain dilating effect on the blood vessels in these parts, but have a contractive effect on the renal blood vessels;

1 1, increase the immune function of the body: it can significantly increase the total number of white blood cells in the blood, promote the phagocytosis and sterilization of neutrophils and macrophages, and enhance the immune ability of the human body;

12. Liver protection: it can restore the liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride and the decrease of serum total protein and albumin, and prevent the decrease of liver glycogen caused by carbon tetrachloride, improve the ability of patients with chronic hepatitis to clear the virus, or inhibit the spread of the virus;

13, cardiotonic effect: it can increase the contraction amplitude of the heart and increase the output, especially suitable for poisoning or heart failure. Moreover, Astragalus polysaccharide can effectively resist acute myocardial ischemia caused by pituitrin.

Taboos for taking:

1. Kidney yin deficiency, damp-heat, excessive heat toxicity can not be drunk.

2. Don't drink alcohol during menstruation

3. You can't drink with a cold and fever.

You can't drink if you are pregnant.

5. People who are allergic to Astragalus can't take it.

6. It is used together with drugs for invigorating qi and blood such as ginseng.

7. Please follow the doctor's advice before taking it. Excessive use can lead to numbness of limbs and difficulty breathing.

8. Don't eat spicy and greasy food during taking. Drink seafood and tea together.

References:

Compendium of Materia Medica, Shennong Herbal Classic, National Pharmacopoeia

Remarks: Please take it according to the doctor's advice. Don't drink it as a health product without knowing your physique.