Astragalus and ginger boiled in water have the effects of tonifying Qi and nourishing blood, astringing sores and promoting muscle growth (to help sores heal faster and promote the growth of new flesh), and detoxifying the epidermis and dispersing cold (to remove cold from the epidermis).
The main effect of Astragalus is to replenish qi and raise yang (to strengthen the spleen and stomach and benefit qi to achieve the purpose of collecting and lifting the internal organs and stopping diarrhea), as well as to nourish blood and nourish fluids, reduce swelling and promote water retention, stop sweating and solidify the surface (to increase the body’s protective function and reduce the chances of morbidity), astringent sores and promote growth of muscle (to astringent sores and grow new flesh), to move the stagnation and pass the palsy (to make the paralyzed meridians smooth), and to support the toxin and discharge the pus (to discharge the body’s pus and toxins), and so on.
Astragalus can be used clinically to treat a variety of conditions such as qi deficiency and weakness, middle qi subsidence (deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, with manifestations such as visceral organs falling down), surface deficiency and spontaneous sweating (frequent natural sweating due to weakness of the muscle surface), oedema and leakage (excessive menstruation or dribbling), and blood deficiency and atrophy. This medicine is not suitable for people with the first signs of sores.
Ginger’s main effect is to dispel cold, can be used for mild wind-cold cold, lung cold cough; and phlegm to stop cough, warm to stop vomiting (to warm the spleen and stomach to treat vomiting caused by gastric cold) and other effects, used for spleen and stomach cold stomach and epigastric cold pain, vomiting and other diseases. Ginger can easily help fire and hurt yin, and should not be used by people with yin deficiency and internal heat.
Astragalus and ginger boiled water, on some diseases can only improve, if you need to use medicine, patients need to be guided by a doctor to identify the evidence. Do not use private medication, so as not to cause damage to the organism.