Astragalus plus Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Fenpao Fenghuang has the effects of benefiting qi, consolidating the epidermis, stopping sweating and detoxifying the epidermis.
1. Astragalus, sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature, enters the lung and spleen meridians and has the effects of consolidating the surface to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle), tonifying qi and elevating yang (tonifying qi in order to elevate yang qi), promoting the production of fluid and nourishing blood (replenishing the body’s water and blood), supporting the toxin to drain pus and toxin from the body, and promoting the circulation of stagnation and paralysis.
It can be used in the treatment of superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating (frequent natural sweating due to the weakness of the muscle surface), qi deficiency and weakness, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating, drinking and urinating), central qi subsidence (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, which results in the fall of the internal organs), and loose food and loose stools (scanty and unshaped feces). Solid evidence and yin and Yang deficiency should not be taken.
2. Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, sweet and bitter in taste, warm in nature, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, has the efficacy of drying dampness and diuresis (drying dampness and reducing water-dampness in the body), strengthening the spleen and benefiting the qi, and is clinically used in the treatment of deficiency of the spleen with low food intake, phlegm-drinking and vertigo-palpitations (vertigo and palpitations due to phlegm-drinking and evil qi upturning), and bloating and diarrhea, among other symptoms. This drug is dry and damp and injures yin, such as yin deficiency and internal heat or fluid loss and thirst and Qi stagnation and bloating should be avoided.
3. Fangfeng, taste pungent, sweet, slightly warm, can enter the liver, spleen, bladder meridian, has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving surface, winning dampness and relieving pain (to remove pain caused by excessive dampness), antispasmodic effect, clinically used in the treatment of rubella itching, colds and headaches, rheumatism and paralysis and other symptoms of disease. Blood deficiency spasm or headache not due to wind evil should not be taken.
The adverse reactions of the above drugs are not clear, need to be used under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis, not blindly taken on their own.