Astragalus is a kind of Astragalus, also known as Astragalus membranaceus, because it is produced in the north of China, so it is called Astragalus.
Astragalus is the dried root of the legume Astragalus mongolia or Astragalus membranaceus, which is sweet in flavor and slightly warm in nature, and has the effects of tonifying qi and raising yang, fixing the surface to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle), promoting the production of fluid and nourishing the blood, promoting stagnation and paralysis (making the paralyzed meridians open up), and converging sores to produce muscle (helping sores to heal more quickly, and promoting the growth of new flesh), etc. It can be used for qi deficiency and fatigue, and loose food (loose feces).
It can be used in the treatment of qi deficiency and weakness, loose food (thin and unformed feces), prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, hemorrhagic leakage (excessive menstrual flow or dripping), superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating (frequent and natural sweating due to the weakness of the muscle surface), blood deficiency and atrophy (yellowish, withered and unglossy skin), carbuncle and gangrene (a kind of venomous sores, which occur in the surface of the body, the limbs, and the internal organs of the acute suppurative disease), difficult to be ulcerated, and the ulcers do not converge for a long time, and other diseases.
Astragalus is slightly warm in nature and has the function of tonifying qi and elevating yang, therefore, it is not suitable to be used in cases where there is a solid evil on the surface, a deficiency of yin and hyperactivity of yang, or where heat and poison are still prevalent at the beginning of the ulcer or after the ulcer has collapsed. The specific use of the drug is recommended under the guidance of a physician to identify the evidence.