Ginseng has the effects of tonifying vital energy, replenishing the spleen and benefiting the lungs, and can be used to treat diseases such as deficiency of body and desire to lose body weight, and deficiency of the spleen with low food intake. Beiqi, i.e. Astragalus, has the effects of tonifying qi and elevating yang, consolidating the surface to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the muscle surface), etc. It can be used for treating diseases such as qi deficiency and weakness, oedema and urinary insufficiency.
1. Ginseng, sweet and slightly bitter in flavor, slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the lung, spleen, heart and kidney meridians. It has the effects of replenishing vital energy, tonifying the spleen and the lungs, restoring the normal pulse, preventing and controlling the disease of deficiency, calming the spirit and promoting wisdom, and generating fluids and nourishing blood.
It can be used for the treatment of deficiency of the body, deficiency of the spleen with little food, thirst, internal heat and thirst (internal fever with symptoms such as eating, drinking and urinating), lung deficiency and coughing, deficiency of qi and blood, palpitations and insomnia, impotence and coldness of the uterus and other diseases.
2. Astragalus, that is, astragalus. Sweet in flavor, slightly warm in nature, belonging to the lung and spleen meridians. It has the functions of tonifying qi and promoting yang, stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle, reducing water retention and swelling, generating fluids and nourishing blood, promoting stagnation and paralysis (to make the paralyzed meridians smooth), supporting the toxin and draining the pus (to drain pus and toxins in the body), benefiting the guards and consolidating the surface of the body, converging sores and generating muscle (to help sores to heal more quickly, and to promote the growth of new flesh).
It can be used in the treatment of qi deficiency and weakness, middle qi subsidence (deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, with symptoms such as visceral organs falling down), edema and urination, surface deficiency and spontaneous sweating (due to the weakness of the muscle surface and frequent sweating naturally), internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating, excessive drinking, and excessive urination), blood deficiency and yellowish coloration, and loose bowel movements (eating little and having thin and unshapely feces).
The medication should be taken under the guidance of a professional doctor, and should not be used privately to avoid causing damage to the organism.