What’s a qi tonic in Chinese medicine?

Qi tonic drugs are a category of deficiency tonic drugs. Qi tonic drugs are mostly sweet and warm or sweet and flat drugs that can nourish and benefit the qi of the organs. Qi tonic drugs mainly enter the spleen and lung meridians, and are especially good at tonifying spleen qi and benefiting lung qi, and are mainly used in cases of spleen and lung qi deficiency. Spleen qi deficiency is characterized by loss of appetite, distention and fullness in the epigastrium (abdomen), loose stools, tiredness and fatigue (lack of spirit), yellowish color (yellowish color without luster), etc. Lung qi deficiency is characterized by lack of breath and lazy speech (lack of strength, don’t want to talk), coughing, weak and timid voice, or even wheezing (wheezing and shortness of breath), easy to sweat, etc. Common qi tonic medicines include ginseng, ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, ginseng and ginseng. Common qi tonic medicines include ginseng, astragalus, xiyangshen, dongshen, tai zi ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, yam, rhodiola rosea, and so on. If the use of qi tonic drugs is not appropriate, there will be stagnant qi stagnation disadvantages, which may lead to bloating and other adverse reactions, so it is often used in conjunction with qi regulating drugs, so as to make qi tonic without stagnation of qi. If you need to use drugs, should be under the guidance of a doctor, not blindly self-medication.