Astragalus with Chen Pi in water has a variety of effects such as tonifying qi and promoting yang, generating fluids and nourishing blood, drying dampness and transforming phlegm (expelling dampness by drying dampness and dissolving phlegm), and subduing swellings and inducing diuresis, etc. The actual efficacy of the Chinese herbal medicine in water is not as good as that of decoction of the herbs, which often fails to achieve the therapeutic effect.
Astragalus and Chen Pi are both attributed to the lung and spleen meridians, of which Astragalus is a qi and yang tonic, but also has a variety of effects such as generating fluids and nourishing blood, promoting stagnation and paralysis (so that paralyzed meridians can be cleared up), inducing diuresis and swelling, stopping sweating and stopping epidermis, and restraining the sores and muscles (to help the sores to heal more quickly, and to promote the growth of new flesh). It is not recommended for those who are suffering from superficial solidity and evil.
The effects of Chen Pi are mainly to regulate qi, strengthen the spleen, dry dampness and resolve phlegm. The combination of the two drugs is suitable for a wide range of conditions such as stagnation of Qi in the spleen and stomach, deficiency of Qi in the spleen and lungs due to deficiency of the epidermis and spontaneous sweating (frequent and natural sweating due to weakness of the muscle epidermis), coughing with profuse phlegm, scanty food and loose stools (scanty and unshaped feces), and fullness in the epigastric region (the stomach and abdomen).
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not known. It is not possible to use Astragalus with Chen Pi in water instead of herbs in order to cure the disease, patients who need to improve their condition, but also need to consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of a professional doctor to use the correct medication.