Can Astragalus and brown sugar be taken together?

1. Can Astragalus and brown sugar be consumed together?

Astragalus and brown sugar can be soaked in boiling water and drunk together, usually for half an hour. Astragalus is a tonic for qi and blood, and brown sugar is also a warm tonic, which is beneficial for people with weak qi and blood and weak body. You can also drink it during your menstrual period.

2. What are the effects of Astragalus?

1. Replenishing Qi and Strengthening the Exterior

When used raw, Astragalus has the effects of invigorating Qi and strengthening the exterior, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, detoxifying, and promoting tissue regeneration. It is suitable for symptoms such as spontaneous sweating, night sweats, blood stasis, edema, carbuncles that do not ulcerate or ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

2. Replenish Qi and nourish blood

Honey-roasted Astragalus has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and benefiting the middle. It is suitable for internal injuries, fatigue, spleen deficiency, diarrhea, qi deficiency, blood deficiency, and qi deficiency.

3. Lowers blood pressure

Modern medicine has proven that Astragalus has the effects of reducing blood viscosity, reducing thrombosis, lowering blood pressure, protecting the heart, regulating blood sugar bidirectionally, resisting free radical damage, anti-aging, anti-hypoxia, anti-tumor, and enhancing the body's immunity. It can be used to treat heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. Astragalus can also dilate blood vessels, improve skin blood circulation and nutritional status, so it is effective for chronic ulcers that do not heal for a long time. It can also eliminate proteinuria in patients with nephritis, protect the liver and prevent the reduction of liver glycogen.

4. Diuresis and swelling

The spleen is responsible for transporting and transforming water and dampness. If the spleen is weak, the transport and transformation will be ineffective. Astragalus can not only nourish the spleen and replenish qi to treat the root cause, but also act as a diuretic to reduce swelling and treat the symptoms. It is one of the important medicines for treating edema caused by qi and blood.

5. Produces body fluid and nourishes blood

Astragalus itself has the effect of nourishing blood, and it helps to produce blood by replenishing qi. Therefore, astragalus is also often used to treat blood deficiency and chlorosis, as well as deficiency of both qi and blood.

6. Anti-tumor

Astragalus polysaccharide, the active ingredient in Astragalus, combined with anti-tumor drugs has the effect of enhancing efficacy and reducing toxicity, that is, enhancing the anti-cancer effect and reducing side effects.

3. What are the benefits of brown sugar?

1. Tonify the body

The glucose, fructose and other monosaccharide and polysaccharide energy substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for cells.

2. Nourishes blood and promotes blood circulation

The folic acid and trace substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate blood circulation, increase blood volume, stimulate the body's hematopoietic function, expand blood volume, and improve the nutrition, oxygen, and water supply of local skin.

3. Health Care

Some vitamins and electrolytes contained in brown sugar can balance the water metabolism in the intracellular environment by regulating the concentration of certain substances between tissues, eliminate cellular metabolic products, and keep the internal and external environment of the cells clean.

4. Skin care

The amino acids, cellulose and other substances contained in brown sugar can effectively protect and restore the fiber structure and water-locking ability of the epidermis and dermis, strengthen the skin tissue structure and skin elasticity, while replenishing skin nutrition and promoting cell regeneration.