Prickly pear and astragalus in water has the efficacy of strengthening the spleen, benefiting the stomach, tonifying the middle and raising the sun. The active ingredients of drinking water are limited and generally do not reach the therapeutic effect.
Prickly pear is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, it is the fruit of prickly pear, Rosaceae plant, flat, taste sweet, sour, astringent, to the spleen meridian, gastric meridian, with stomach, digestion, diarrhea effect, can be used to treat food accumulation (food indigestion and stagnation in the stomach) fullness, diarrhea and other diseases.
Astragalus is the root of Astragalus mongoliae, family Leguminosae, which is slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste, and belongs to the spleen meridian and lung meridian. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the middle, elevating the yang and lifting up the sun (raising the yang qi of the organism to lift up the sunken organs), benefiting the guards and fixing the epidermis, diuretic, and supporting the toxin to generate muscles (discharging the toxins and evils and promoting the growth of the muscles and the healing of the wounds).
Astragalus can be used to treat spleen qi deficiency, lung qi deficiency, qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating), and is also effective in treating qi and blood deficiency, sores and ulcers (skin disorders caused by internal invasion of poisonous evils that result in the stagnation of qi and blood) that are difficult to ulcerate and putrefy, and ulcers that are difficult to converge for a long period of time.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not clear. Astragalus should not be taken by patients who have a strong surface solidity and evil, patients with sores at the beginning of ulcers, and patients with heat and toxins after ulcers are still in full bloom. Patients are advised to seek prompt medical attention if they feel unwell. If you need to drink water with prickly pear and astragalus, please do so under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.