The causes of asthma include exogenous wind, lung deficiency, spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency, etc. It is necessary to identify the symptoms and use medication, not all of them can be treated with astragalus, and astragalus infusion has limited efficacy and can not replace the drug.
Asthma is known as asthma in Chinese medicine, and the common patterns of the disease include exogenous wind-cold, exogenous wind-heat, lung qi deficiency, spleen qi deficiency, kidney deficiency, etc. Different patterns of asthma can be treated with different medicines. Different types of evidence choose different therapeutic drugs.
If it is a deficiency syndrome in the remission period, such as lung qi deficiency, spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency, with manifestations such as mental fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), shortness of breath and wheezing, and spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating), it can be treated with astragalus to replenish the qi.
However, astragalus water cannot replace medication, and even drinking it for a long period of time will not serve the purpose of eradicating croup. Moreover, astragalus cannot be used for solid symptoms, and specific medication should be used after consulting a doctor.