Red Astragalus, the dried root of Astragalus multiflorus, a leguminous plant, is distributed in the Liupan Mountains in Gansu, the mountains in the south, and northwestern Sichuan. Its main components are astragalus polysaccharide, selenium, etc., aminobutyric acid, methoxypterostilbene. It has the efficacy of fixing the surface and stopping sweating, tonifying qi and diuretic, and restoring toxin and astringing sores. It mainly treats qi deficiency and weakness, loose food, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of anus, blood in the stool, leakage and other diseases.

1. Fixing the surface to stop sweating

Red Astragalus has the effect of fixing the surface to stop sweating, the main treatment of qi deficiency sweating, the surface of the deficiency of spontaneous sweating, with a combination of fixing the surface to stop sweating medicines, such as floating wheat, the effect is better. The Rihuazi: "Make soup under the water qi, stop sweating, condensation of qi, solid surface of the cloud."

2. Qi tonifying and diuretic

Red Astragalus has the effect of Qi tonifying and diuretic, the main treatment of loose food, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, due to high blood pressure caused by swelling of the lower limbs, can be used with Red Astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala and Pueraria lobata. It can also be used to treat the sinking of the middle qi. The Chinese Materia Medica: "Disadvantageous urination and defecation, venomous snake bites; external treatment of boils, qi tonic effect." Benefiting qi and tonifying the center with honey-roasted.

3. Toxin astringent sores

Red Astragalus has the effect of toxin astringent sores, the main treatment of blood in the stool, itchy sores, pain and gangrene difficult to ulcerate, blood deficiency and atrophy. Internal use: decoction, 9-30g.

Nutritional value

Red Astragalus, taste sweet, slightly warm, the main components of red Astragalus polysaccharide, selenium, etc., aminobutyric acid, methoxypodophyllotoxin, alkyl ferulate (base) ester, aphrodisiac acid, licorice glycosides, isoglucoside grass glycosides, donkey food grass phenol, vanillic acid.

1, red astragalus has significant immune promotion, delay aging effect; improve experimental respiratory distress syndrome; enhance the ability to withstand hypoxia; sedative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-pathogenic microorganisms and so on.

2, red astragalus qi solid surface, diuretic toxin, drainage of pus, astringent sores and muscle. It is classified as an astringent medicine under the category of antiperspirant. Improve the pain threshold, acute and subacute inflammation in mice have obvious inhibitory effect.

Astragalus, mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Heilongjiang and other places in China, is one of the commonly used Chinese medicines. Astragalus has the effect of tonifying qi and consolidating the surface, diuretic and toxin, draining pus, astringent sores and muscle growth. It is mainly used for qi deficiency and fatigue, loose stools with little food, the lowering of qi, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, blood in the stool and leakage of blood, and sweating and other conditions.

1.Benefiting qi and consolidating the surface

Astragali is sweet and warm, and enters the spleen meridian, which is an important medicine for tonifying the spleen qi, and can treat weak spleen qi, tiredness and fatigue, and loose stools with little food.

2. Convergence of sweating

Astragali can replenish the qi of the lungs and the spleen, benefit the guards and fix the surface to stop sweating, treating the deficiency of guard qi caused by the deficiency of the spleen and lung qi, and sweating on the surface. It can also treat prolonged diarrhea, prolapse of anus and prolapse of internal organs caused by spleen and lung qi deficiency, as it is good at elevating yang and lifting up traps.

3. Diuretic swelling

Astragali can tonify the spleen and benefit the qi to treat the root cause, but also diuretic swelling to treat the symptom, for the qi deficiency of edema of the key medicine, can treat the spleen deficiency of water-dampness loss of transportation, swelling and urination.

4. To sores and pus

Astragali can be used to treat sores and ulcers and carbuncles by tonifying the qi and nourishing the blood to make the positive qi strong, and it can be used to collect toxins and expel pus, and to produce muscle and astringent sores.

5. Regulate blood pressure

The antihypertensive component of Astragalus is γ-aminobutyric acid and Astragaloside A, which has a certain bidirectional regulation of blood pressure. Astragalus can significantly reduce the resistance of cerebral blood vessels, peripheral blood vessels, coronary arteries, superior mesenteric artery in anesthetized dogs, and has a dilating effect on the blood vessels in these parts, but has a contracting effect on the renal blood vessels. The antihypertensive effect of Astragalus is mainly the result of direct dilatation of peripheral blood vessels and reduction of peripheral resistance.

6. Enhancement of immune function

Astragali can significantly increase the total number of leukocytes in the blood, and promote the phagocytosis and bactericidal ability of neutrophils and macrophages, which can enhance the immune function of the human body.

7. Hepatoprotective

Astragali has a hepatoprotective effect, especially on carbon tetrachloride caused by liver damage caused by the reduction of total serum protein and albumin has a rebound effect, and can prevent carbon tetrachloride-induced reduction of hepatic glycogen, suitable for patients with chronic hepatitis, can improve the ability to clear the virus or inhibit the virus spread.

8. Strong heart

Astragalus has a strong cardiac effect, so that the amplitude of cardiac contraction increased, increased output, poisoning or fatigue of the heart of the failure of the role of the more obvious. And astragalus polysaccharide can counteract acute myocardial ischemia caused by the posterior pituitary lobe cord.

Nutritional value

Astragali mainly contains astragali saponin, astragali polysaccharide, flavonoids, but also contains amino acids, proteins, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin D, β-sitosterol, carotenoids, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and trace elements and other components.

1. Astragalus polysaccharide can promote RNA and protein synthesis, make cells grow vigorously, life expectancy, and anti-fatigue, anti-influenza virus.

2. Astragalus polysaccharide and saponin have protective and promotional effects on hematopoietic function.

3. Astragalus total flavonoids and saponins can protect ischemic and hypoxic myocardium.