In fact, astragalus membranaceus soaked in water has many other benefits besides its excellent effect of invigorating qi.
1, Astragalus membranaceus soaked in water to replenish qi and spleen and stomach.
Astragalus membranaceus is sweet and moist, which can warm the middle warmer and replenish qi, especially suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi deficiency. Soaking astragalus in water can effectively improve it.
For example, people with poor spleen and stomach function for a long time often have poor diet, easy fatigue, loose stools, sallow complexion and so on. At this time, soaking some astragalus in water can effectively improve the transport function of the spleen and stomach and improve people's physique.
2, astragalus soaking in water is beneficial to the qi in the lungs.
Huangqi soaking in water also has a certain nourishing effect on lung qi. People with insufficient lung capacity often have symptoms such as cough, wheezing, shortness of breath and fatigue. Over time, people will look very haggard and weak, and their mental state will be poor.
In this case, you can also use astragalus to soak in water. Astragalus membranaceus has obvious effects of invigorating lung qi, benefiting health and consolidating exterior, thus improving human immunity.
3, Huangqi soaked in water can sweat.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi is the driving force to promote the circulation of body fluids, and if it is qi deficiency, there will often be a phenomenon that qi does not absorb sweat, which is what we often call spontaneous sweating and night sweats.
For this kind of situation that sweating is easy because of qi deficiency, soaking in water with Astragalus membranaceus is also very symptomatic, which can effectively play the role of benefiting qi and astringing sweat.
4. Huangqi soaking in water can replenish blood.
There is a saying in Chinese medicine that' Qi is the mother of blood', which shows that the relationship between qi and blood is very close. If you are a person with qi deficiency, you will often have blood deficiency, which is what Chinese medicine calls both qi and blood deficiency.
Astragalus membranaceus can replenish qi and tonify blood indirectly, so it is also a good choice for people with deficiency of both qi and blood to soak in water.
5. Astragalus membranaceus soaked in water has immunomodulatory and antioxidant effects.
Modern medical research has found that Astragalus membranaceus also plays a very good role in helping people improve their own immune function, inhibiting cell oxidative aging, inhibiting malicious cell division, and resisting fatigue.
Therefore, for people who usually pay attention to health and are keen on beauty, soaking astragalus in water can achieve the ideal effect to some extent.
If we use Astragalus for health, it is usually about 10g each time. However, astragalus is a kind of medicinal material after all. Although it has a good health preserving effect, it is not without its shortcomings. For example, some people with toxic heat, qi stagnation and blood stasis are not suitable for soaking in water with Astragalus membranaceus.
In addition, some modern studies have also found that a few people will have dizziness, palpitation, boredom, abdominal distension, insomnia at night, rash and other adverse reactions after taking Astragalus. If this happens to us during taking Astragalus membranaceus, we should not continue to use it.