People with warm constitution are not suitable for long-term use. Because astragalus is warm, it will get angry if it is soaked in water for a long time. If necessary, it can be combined with other medicinal materials to relieve dryness of Radix Astragali.
Bushen Jiannao, Radix Astragali, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Flos Chrysanthemi, etc. You can soak in water for drinking. If the kidney yin is insufficient and the deficiency fire is strong, Radix Astragali, Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Rehmanniae and Cortex Phellodendri can be soaked in water for drinking, and compatibility can immediately tonify the kidney without getting angry.
For example, Astragalus membranaceus is used to tonify the qi of the spleen and stomach, and Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Chuanxiong, Codonopsis pilosula, etc. It can be soaked in water or boiled in water, or soaked in water by Radix Astragali, Fructus Jujubae and Rhizoma Dioscoreae. Radix Astragali, Radix Ophiopogonis, Herba Taraxaci, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus and Coicis Semen can be soaked in water for drinking due to stomach heat. It has good effects of invigorating qi and eliminating dampness, and can be drunk for a long time with proper compatibility.
Astragalus membranaceus can be used to tonify the qi of heart and lung. It can be drunk by soaking Astragalus membranaceus, lotus seeds, lilies and adenophora adenophora in water, and can be used to nourish blood and soothe the nerves, such as Astragalus membranaceus, Ziziphus jujuba, Paeonia lactiflora, Schisandra chinensis, etc. If the heart and lungs are hot, you can soak in water to drink. Bushen Jiannao, Radix Astragali, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Flos Chrysanthemi, etc. You can soak in water. For those with deficiency of kidney yin and vigorous deficiency of fire, Radix Astragali, Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Rehmanniae and Cortex Phellodendri can be soaked in water. Proper compatibility can tonify the kidney without getting angry.
The dosage of Astragalus membranaceus for qi-fixing, qi-supplementing and deficiency-supplementing is about 30g, and the effect of qi-supplementing cannot be achieved if the dosage is small. If it is used for activating qi, the dosage is about 15g; if it is used for patients with qi deficiency, collapse or myasthenia gravis, the dosage must be increased to at least 50g. For hypertension caused by hyperactivity of liver fire and hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, the dosage of Astragalus membranaceus should not be too large to prevent excessive fire and deficiency of qi and blood caused by warm dryness.