Scutellaria baicalensis and Astragalus membranaceus are two of the more important traditional Chinese medicines in traditional Chinese medicine. People who have not used Astragalus baicalensis and Astragalus membranaceus may confuse these two traditional Chinese medicines. So, what is the difference between Scutellaria baicalensis and Astragalus membranaceus?
1. What are the differences in medicinal properties
Astragalus is a medicinal material that can nourish qi and nourish the body. It is slightly warm in nature and sweet in taste. It returns to the spleen and lung meridian. It has the functions of benefiting the body, strengthening the surface, antiperspirant, diuresis and removing sores. Myogenic effect.
Scutellaria baicalensis is a herb that clears away heat and reduces fire. It has a bitter-cold nature and taste, and enters the heart, lungs, gallbladder, spleen and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of purging fire and detoxifying, clearing away heat and drying dampness, stopping bleeding and anti-fetus.
2. What are the differences in ingredients?
Astragalus mainly contains glycosides, polysaccharides, flavonoids, amino acids, trace elements, coumarin, trace folic acid, betaine, monomer, dimethyl dimethyl Hydrogen isoflavones, etc.
Scutellaria baicalensis mainly contains baicalein, baicalein, wogonin, wogonin, β-sitosterol, baicalein, benzoic acid and other components. The stems and leaves contain baicalein glycosides.
3. What are the differences in efficacy
(1) The efficacy and role of astragalus
1. Tonify the spleen and qi, generate blood and absorb blood, good at treating spleen deficiency and spleen deficiency. It has a certain therapeutic effect on mental fatigue, general weakness, lack of food and loose stools caused by weak spleen. While replenishing qi, it can also produce blood and absorb blood, so it is suitable for patients with anemia or chronic bleeding.
2. Astragalus enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians, and has a significant effect in replenishing lung qi. It can treat spontaneous sweating, repeated colds, shortness of breath and fatigue, laziness, coughing, and chest tightness.
3. Astragalus can also promote skin detoxification and wound healing. In addition, it has a strong qi-tonifying effect, which can activate blood circulation and unblock meridians, and can treat numbness of limbs caused by rheumatism and stroke sequelae. , hemiplegia is beneficial.
(2) Efficacy of Scutellaria baicalensis
Scutellaria baicalensis clears away heat and dampness, purges fire and detoxifies. Its effect is partial to the upper burner and large intestine. It is good at clearing the fire of the lungs and large intestine, and some are stronger. It has a hemostatic effect; it is also good at treating febrile diseases characterized by heat entering the qi and nourishing the blood, cough and asthma caused by lung heat, dampness and heat, summer-dampness, dampness-heat obstruction, stranguria due to dampness and hemorrhoids, fistulas, and blood in the stool; it can also treat fetuses, fetal heat, and restless fetal movements. .
4. Differences in application groups
(1) Astragalus
Astragalus is suitable for patients with weak spleen, spontaneous sweating due to superficial deficiency, sallow or pale complexion, fatigue and fatigue, and poor appetite. People with less loose stools; patients with anal prolapse caused by mid-qi subsidence, uterine prolapse and visceral sagging, nerve paralysis, hemiplegia, and patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis.
(2) Scutellaria baicalensis
Scutellaria baicalensis is suitable for people with damp-heat syndrome. Exogenous fever causes high fever and polydipsia, red urine, constipation, yellow fur and rapid pulse, patients with carbuncle and sore, and patients with blood stasis. It is suitable for patients with hot hemorrhage and pregnant women with uneasy fetal movement.
5. People who are contraindicated in Astragalus
Astragalus is a natural Chinese medicinal material. The common ways to use it are soaking in water, making porridge and soup. Although the effects of astragalus and ginseng are the same, the price difference is very huge, so most people like to choose astragalus as their daily health care medicinal material. However, it should be noted that astragalus is not suitable for taking every day, and not everyone can drink it. The details are as follows:
1. If you are a patient with kidney yin deficiency, dampness and heat, or excessive heat and toxins, you must not take astragalus soaked in water, because this will not only fail to restore the body to health, but will aggravate the condition. . If patients of this type want to restore their health, they should soak coptis, rhubarb, soybean and gardenia in water and take it together. They must not choose astragalus.
2. If you are a patient suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, and the symptoms are mainly coughing up blood, dry mouth and body fever, then we do not recommend using astragalus alone to soak in water to drink. You must consider the specific situation. Pair it with appropriate Chinese medicine.
3. Women during menstruation cannot take astragalus water, otherwise it will have adverse effects on menstruation and the body.
4. Patients with colds and fevers should not take astragalus, as this is not conducive to reducing fever;
5. Pregnant women also need to pay special attention when taking astragalus, because it is likely to cause A miscarriage can cause harm to the fetus and pregnant women, especially expectant mothers in the third trimester of pregnancy, who need special attention. If pregnant women accidentally use astragalus, it may cause the amniotic fluid in the body to decrease, which may increase the labor process during delivery, which increases the risk to the fetus.
In addition, research results show that taking astragalus will increase chromosomal abnormalities and cell micronucleus rate, which will cause damage to the physical and intellectual development of the child in the future. Therefore, women who are preparing for pregnancy and pregnant women need to be careful when taking astragalus.