Astragalus, also known as Beiqi, is so named because it is abundantly produced in the north of China. They are the same kind of Chinese medicine and there is no difference. Astragalus has the effect of tonifying qi and elevating yang, inducing diuresis and eliminating swelling.
Astragalus, slightly warm in nature, sweet in flavor, belongs to the lung and spleen meridians. This product has the effect of tonifying qi and promoting yang, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle, promoting the production of fluids and nourishing the blood, supporting the toxin and draining the pus (discharging the pus and poison from the body), converging sores and promoting the growth of muscles (helping the sores to heal faster and promoting the growth of new flesh), and promoting stagnation and paralysis (making the paralyzed meridians open up).
It is suitable for the treatment of qi deficiency, edema, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating), middle qi subsidence (deficiency of qi in the spleen and stomach, with the appearance of internal organs falling down), prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, loose stools with scanty food (thinning of feces without formation), blood in the stools and leakage of blood (excessive menstruation or more than a few drops).
It can also be used to treat internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), carbuncle gangrene (a kind of poisonous sores, occurring on the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs of the acute suppurative disease) difficult to ulcerate, long time ulceration does not converge, hemiplegia (one side of the limbs can not be freely moved), and so on.
The adverse reactions and contraindications of Astragalus have not been clarified. If you need to use Astragalus to cure or regulate your body, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor and not to take the drug blindly.