Raw Astragalus: Raw Astragalus is also known as Astragalus membranaceus or Huangqi. Leguminosae. Perennial herbs. The main root is long, cylindrical, slightly woody, and the outer texture is earthy yellow or brownish red. Astragalus is sweet and slightly warm in nature, belonging to the spleen and lung meridian, and is an important medicine for tonifying qi.
Clinical application is customarily divided into raw, honey-roasted, bran mixed with fried three kinds, its efficacy is different, raw astragalus is used for solid surface, support sores, diuretic, etc.; raw astragalus has a tonifying qi and yang, solid surface to stop sweating, diuretic swelling, and support the efficacy of the sores and muscles. Pharmacological experiments show that astragalus has: cardiotonic, diuretic, antihypertensive, hepatoprotective, improve the role of immune function; dilation of blood vessels, improve the skin blood circulation ring and nutritional good; on nephritis proteinuria has a certain elimination effect. Applicable to qi deficiency and weakness, tiredness and fatigue, self-sweating, easy to sweat, easy to catch a cold; qi deficiency in the middle of the sink, less food and loose stools, gastric ptosis, prolapse of the anus, blood in the stool, women's uterine ptosis, leakage; sores, carbuncles and swollen poisons, the pus into a non-ulcer, or a long time ulceration does not close the mouth; qi deficiency and edema, and all the evidence of qi deficiency. It can tonify qi and consolidate the surface, relieve water retention and swelling, support toxin and pus discharge, and produce muscle. The general health care or treatment of astragalus refers to the raw astragalus, that is, astragalus after sun-dried slices.
Braised astragalus: also known as honey-braised astragalus, honey astragalus. For astragalus slices mixed with honey, fried until not sticky hands when removed to dry, and then into the medicine. Enhanced efficacy of tonifying qi and moisturizing the lungs. Roasted astragalus is mostly used to tonify the middle and benefit the qi, and roasted astragalus is mostly honey-roasted to enhance the tonic effect of raw products.
The raw product, tonifying the qi and strengthening the spleen, raising the sun and lifting the trap, benefiting the guards and fixing the surface, diuretic and swelling, and toxins and muscle. Effects and functions of roasted astragalus: tonifying qi and solidifying the surface, diuretic toxin, pus, astringent sores and muscle. Used for gas deficiency, fatigue, loose stools, the gas sinking, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, blood in the stool, leakage, surface deficiency sweating, qi deficiency edema Astragalus round tablets, carbuncle difficult to ulcer, long time ulceration is not convergence, blood deficiency impotence, internal heat thirst; chronic nephritis proteinuria, diabetes. Roasted astragalus is concocted with honey, and doctors often use it for patients with "lack of vital energy and prolapsed organs".