Although astragalus and ginseng are both qi replenishing drugs, their efficacy and main treatment are not the same, and the clinical use of medication needs to be decided according to the patient’s symptoms, so there is no comparison of efficacy between astragalus and ginseng.
Ginseng can replenish vital energy, restore normal pulse, prevent and control the disease of defecation, replenish the spleen and lungs, promote the production of body fluid, nourish blood, and tranquilize the mind and intellect. It can be used in treating deficiency of the body, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of the spleen with little food, deficiency of the lungs with coughing and wheezing, thirst due to injury of fluids, thirst due to internal heat (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating, drinking and urinating), deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of the body due to prolonged illness, palpitation and insomnia, and impotence with coldness in the uterus.
Scutellaria baicalensis can replenish qi and elevate yang, consolidate the surface to stop sweating (stop sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle), diuretic to reduce swelling, generate fluid and nourish blood, promote stagnation and paralysis (to make paralyzed meridians smooth), support toxins to drain pus (to drain pus and toxins in the body), and astringent to sores and promote growth of muscle (to help the sores to heal faster and promote the growth of new flesh).
Astragalus can be used for qi deficiency and fatigue, loose stools (thin and unformed feces), Qi subsidence (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, with the appearance of internal organs falling down), prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, blood in the stools and leakage of menstruation (menstruation excessive or dripping more than one), sweating due to surface deficiency (due to the weakness of the surface of the body and the frequent sweating of the body), qi deficiency, edema, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and atrophy, paralysis (one side of the limbs can’t be free to move), paralysis numbness and so on.
It is recommended to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.