Using Astragalus within its indications can tonify the lungs and spleen qi; this product should be taken as an internal decoction.
Astragalus is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dried root of Astragalus membranaceus, family Leguminosae. This Chinese medicine is sweet in flavor and warm in nature, and enters the lung and spleen meridians. It is effective in strengthening the spleen and tonifying the middle, elevating yang and lifting sunken organs, benefiting the stomach and consolidating the epidermis, inducing diuresis, and supporting toxins and promoting muscle growth and wound healing.
It has therapeutic effects on qi deficiency and weakness, sinking of the middle qi (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, with manifestations such as sagging of the internal organs), blood in stool and leakage (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), qi deficiency and oedema, blood deficiency and atrophy (referring to those whose skin is yellowish in color and withered and not lustrous), paralysis and numbness, and carbuncle and gangrene (a kind of venomous sores, occurring as an acute suppurative disease of the body surface, the limbs, and the internal organs) that do not astringently converge.
The usage of this product is internal decoction. Its adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions are not yet clear.
From the efficacy and action of this product, astragalus can achieve the therapeutic effect of tonifying lung qi and spleen qi when taken as internal decoction within the scope of indications. If there are other requirements for efficacy, it should be treated symptomatically under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in combination with the condition.
This drug should be used in a standardized manner under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. If there is no improvement, please go to the regular hospital for timely consultation, improve the relevant examination to clarify the diagnosis and standardize the treatment to avoid delaying the condition.