Astragalus is a common Chinese medicine, which is more common in China's Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui areas. In life, many people use astragalus as a toning herb, because of its gentle nature, can nourish the body. However, astragalus need to pay attention to a lot of problems when taking, the relevant taboo points need to master, so as to avoid the incorrect use of human health impact.

What are the side effects of Astragalus?

Though astragalus has the effect of refreshing the mind, relieving fatigue, and replenishing qi, but astragalus is a traditional Chinese medicine, and taking too much of it can harm your health. Taking a large amount of astragalus will appear side effects, common side effects are head swelling and pain, dizziness and fatigue, insomnia, mouth and tongue sores, face flushing, emotional irritability and so on. This is because excessive use of astragalus can lead to over-nourishment and symptoms similar to fire. Therefore, taking astragalus needs to be controlled and used under the prescribed dosage.

What are the contraindications for taking Astragalus?

1, people with strong internal fire can not take astragalus, because astragalus itself is a tonic herb, prone to fire. The people who take astragalus, undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire, will aggravate the internal fire affecting health. Therefore, these people need to take heat-clearing and fire-reducing herbs, do not use astragalus to nourish the body.

2, tuberculosis patients can not take astragalus, because tuberculosis is a common symptom of coughing phlegm. If you take astragalus during the illness, it will aggravate the coughing symptoms, and the phlegm is not easy to spit out, resulting in tuberculosis aggravation. Therefore, you need to be very careful when using astragalus, and it is very important to understand its medicinal properties and indications.

3, cold and fever patients are not suitable to take astragalus, if you take astragalus in the cold and fever, it is easy to aggravate the symptoms of fever, but also lead to fire. In addition, it is not suitable for women to take astragalus during menstruation, astragalus has the effect of activating the blood, which will lead to women's menstrual flow increase, and even lead to menstrual disorders.

As you can see, there are more side effects as well as contraindications of astragalus, which need to be understood clearly. Astragalus, as a tonic herb, has many health benefits. However, taking too much is bound to cause harm to human health, and in serious cases, there will be sores on the corners of the mouth, the fire is floating, hot flashes and other symptoms.