Astragalus is neither a blood-activating drug nor a blood-stopping drug, but a drug with the effects of tonifying qi and elevating yang, consolidating the epidermis and stopping sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the muscle epidermis), inducing diuresis to reduce edema and so on, and the specifics of which should be in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
Astragalus is a kind of Chinese medicine made from the root of Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus membranaceus. Its medicinal effects include tonifying qi and elevating yang, consolidating the epidermis and stopping sweating, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, generating fluids and nourishing blood, promoting stagnation and paralysis (to make paralyzed meridians smooth), supporting toxin and draining pus (to expel pus and poison in the body), and astringing the sores and regenerating the muscles (to help the sores to heal more quickly, and to promote the growth of new flesh).
Astragalus does not have the effect of activating or stopping bleeding. However, qi is the mother of blood, and qi can generate blood. Astragalus benefits qi and has a certain effect on improving symptoms such as blood deficiency.
Astragalus is used for treating spleen and lung qi deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating) as well as sores and ulcers that are difficult to ulcerate and putrefy, or ulcers that are long lasting and difficult to rejuvenate. It should be contraindicated for those who have sores at the beginning of ulcers or after ulcers are still full of heat and toxin, and the surface is full of solid evil.
Specific medication matters should be carried out under the guidance of a physician, not unauthorized use of medication.