Astragalus and Red Astragalus can be used at the same time, usually eat Astragalus and Red Astragalus in moderation to be able to have the effect of Yang promotion, diuretic, qi tonic and so on. Astragalus and Hongqi are similar in efficacy and can be taken at the same time. Taking these two medicines together can increase their efficacy. The effects of Astragalus include benefiting the qi, elevating the yang, stopping sweating and fixing the epidermis, and inducing diuresis to reduce swelling. Astragalus is able to treat deficiency of qi and blood such as diarrhea in spleen deficiency, cough in lung deficiency, prolapse, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating), edema, blood paralysis, uterine prolapse and other qi deficiency and blood deficiency disorders. Red Astragalus has diuretic, qi tonic, toxin-converging sores, consolidating the surface, stopping sweating and other effects, and can treat loose stools (thin and unformed feces), prolapse of the anus, blood in the stool, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), surface deficiency and spontaneous sweating (due to the frequent and natural sweating caused by weakness of the muscle surface), blood deficiency and atrophy, carbuncle and gangrene (a kind of poisonous sores, which is an acute suppurative disease that occurs in the surface of the body, the limbs, and the internal organs), which is hard to ulcerate and difficult to converge, and so on. Astragalus should be used with caution when the patient is suffering from liver depression and stagnation of qi, stagnation of food accumulation (the food is indigested and stagnated in the stomach), surface solidity and evil, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, and the beginning of carbuncle and gangrene. It is recommended to treat with Astragalus or Red Astragalus under the guidance of doctor, and not to use the medicine without authorization, so as not to cause damage to the organism.