Astragalus Chen Pi in water can play a role in tonifying qi and resolving phlegm, but the active ingredients are less precipitated and the therapeutic effect is limited.
Astragalus is slightly warm and sweet in nature, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. Its effects are to replenish qi and elevate yang (replenishing qi so that yang qi can be elevated), consolidate the surface and stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle), and generate fluid and nourish blood (replenishing the body’s fluids and blood). Clinically, it is mainly used for treating qi deficiency and fatigue, loose stool (thin and unformed feces), and sinking of the middle qi (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, which is manifested by the falling of the internal organs), etc. It is also used for treating the symptoms of the disease.
Chenpi is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in flavor, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. Its effects include regulating qi and strengthening the spleen (regulating qi and strengthening the spleen), drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm from the body with drugs that dry dampness). It is mainly used to treat distention and fullness in the epigastrium (abdomen), poor appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, and cough with excessive phlegm.
Adverse effects of the above drugs is not clear, the surface of the real evil, stagnant gas and dampness, food stagnation (indigestion of food and stagnation in the stomach) stagnation, real evidence, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang (deficiency of yin fluid, hyperactivity of yang qi) should be cautious to take astragalus, qi deficiency, yin deficiency and dry cough, vomiting blood, internal solid heat should be cautious to take chenpi, if necessary, please go to the hospital standardization of the clinic, the doctor guided by the use of medication.