Five-fingered hairy peach and astragalus is different in terms of drug source, flavor attribution, efficacy and effect, use of adverse reactions and contraindications.
1. Drug source: five-fingered hairy peach is the dried root of Ficus vulgaris of the mulberry family; Astragalus is the dried root of Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus membranaceus of the legume family.
2. Sexual flavor and meridian: five-fingered walnut is sweet in taste and flat in nature. It belongs to the spleen, lung and liver meridians; Astragalus is sweet in flavor and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen and lung meridian.
3. Efficacy: Five Fingered Peach has the effect of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the lungs, promoting qi and dampness, and relaxing the tendons and activating the collaterals. It is used for swelling of spleen deficiency, reduced diet, fatigue, cough of lung deficiency, night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep and stopping sweating after waking up), excessive discharge, postpartum lactation, rheumatism and paralysis, edema, bruises and so on.
Astragalus has the properties of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the middle, elevating yang and lifting up the sun (elevating the yang energy of the body to lift up the sunken organs), fixing the surface and stopping sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle), inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, generating fluids and nourishing the blood, and astringing sores and promoting growth of muscles (helping sores to heal more quickly and promoting the growth of new flesh), and so on.
It is used in treating Qi deficiency and weakness, loose stools with little food, edema, low urine output, sinking of the middle qi (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, which results in the fall of the internal organs), prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, weakness of the lung qi, coughing and shortness of breath, sweating from the surface of the skin (due to the weakness of the surface of the skin and the frequent sweating of the skin naturally), and deficiency of the qi and blood.
4. Adverse reactions and contraindications: the adverse effects of the five-fingered hairy peach is not clear, pregnant women should not be used; Astragalus bias tonic, so the surface of the real evil, sores at the beginning of ulcers, or sores after ulcers are still full of heat and toxins are not suitable for use.
Chinese medicine should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, not blindly self-medication.