If there is no indication, it is not recommended to use astragalus to make water for drinking in summer. The use of astragalus in traditional Chinese medicine requires the right evidence. If astragalus is used arbitrarily without any indication, it may cause excessive yang qi in summer, resulting in symptoms such as sores on the mouth and tongue, redness of the face, and irritability and heat (irritability and sultriness). Moreover, it may be difficult to analyze the active ingredients of the Chinese medicine only in water, and the efficacy is not as good as that of the soup. Please consult a medical professional for specific medication.
Astragalus is the dried root of Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus membranaceus, belonging to the family of leguminous plants, and belongs to the category of qi tonic Chinese medicine. It is slightly warm in nature, sweet in flavor, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. It has the functions of tonifying qi and elevating yang, benefiting the guards and consolidating the surface, inducing diuresis and swelling, generating fluids and nourishing the blood, promoting stagnation and paralysis (to make the paralyzed meridians smooth), supporting toxins and draining pus (to expel pus and toxins in the body), and astringing sores and regenerating the muscle (to help sores to heal more quickly, and to promote the growth of new flesh).
Astragalus is clinically used for the treatment of weakness of lung, spleen and qi, deficiency of qi and blood, water-drinking (abnormal retention of water in the body) resulting in weakness and diarrhea, coughing and wheezing, yellowish and lusterless face, unfavorable physical activities, and sores that are difficult to get out of the body or sores that are unable to be astringent, etc. It can be used to treat the symptoms of diarrhea, coughing and asthma. Note that Astragalus should not be used for those who are not weak in the body due to the prevalence of evil, dietary stagnation, internal heat due to yin deficiency, sores that have just erupted, or those with exuberant heat and toxins.
The medication should be taken under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be taken on one’s own, so as not to cause delay in the condition.