Licorice and astragalus in water have the effects of harmonizing the middle and easing the pain (relieving pain by regulating the spleen and stomach), tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi (treating qi deficiency by replenishing the spleen), and benefiting the wei and consolidating the epidermis. The combination of the two can be used to treat weakness, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, cough and other conditions caused by spleen qi deficiency and lung qi deficiency.
1. Licorice has the effects of tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi, expelling phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain (relieving urgent pain symptoms), clearing heat and detoxifying, harmonizing medicines, and can be used in the treatment of heart and spleen deficiency caused by deficiency of heart and qi, weakness, coughing and wheezing, abdominal pain and pain in the limbs, sores and swollen poisons, and other diseases.
2. Astragalus has the effects of tonifying qi and strengthening the spleen, benefiting Wei and consolidating the surface, inducing diuresis and eliminating swellings, supporting the toxicity and muscle growth (discharging poisonous evils and promoting muscle growth and wound healing), and elevating yang and lifting the sun (raising the yang qi of the organism in order to lift up the sunken organs).
Astragalus can be used to treat lung qi deficiency and spleen qi deficiency resulting in qi deficiency and fatigue, loose food (thin and unformed feces), middle qi subsidence (deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, with manifestations such as sagging of internal organs), prolonged diarrhea with prolapse of the anus, blood in the stool and leakage of blood (excessive menstruation or dribbling), and it can also treat qi deficiency leading to night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and stopping of sweating after waking up) and other conditions.
Licorice and astragalus infusion has certain efficacy and effect, but the drug efficacy of Chinese medicine infusion is limited to play, can not replace the drug treatment of disease. If the above symptoms occur, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, do not blindly use drugs, so as not to delay the condition.