Astragalus is a traditional Chinese medicine suitable for people with deficiency of qi and blood, with the effects of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the middle, benefiting the Wei and consolidating the epidermis. Astragalus is mainly used for stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the body, inducing diuresis and swelling, relieving stagnation and paralysis, supporting toxin and draining pus, tonifying qi and elevating yang, and restraining sores and promoting growth of muscle (to help sores heal faster and promote the growth of new flesh). It can be used clinically to treat internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by excessive eating, drinking and urination), blood deficiency, hemiplegia, deficiency of qi, and loose stools (scanty and unformed feces). Astragalus can also be used for the sinking of the middle qi (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, with manifestations such as visceral organs falling down), prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, carbuncle and gangrene (a kind of venomous sores, occurring in the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs of the acute suppurative disease) difficult to ulcerate, prolonged ulceration does not converge, the surface of the deficiency of the self-sweating (daytime involuntary sweating, sweating aggravates with a little movement), qi deficiency and edema, paralysis, paralysis and numbness, and so on. Astragalus should not be consumed by those who are suffering from surface solidity and evil, or whose sores are still full of heat and toxicity at the beginning and after ulceration. Patients can pair astragalus with ginseng under the guidance of a doctor, which can be used to treat low food intake, spontaneous sweating, and mental fatigue (dysphoria) caused by qi deficiency. Patients are advised to take Astragalus under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners according to their own conditions, and if necessary, it can also be used in combination with other traditional Chinese medicines.