Can I take Astragalus if I have a cough?

Everyone knows that Astragalus has the effects of replenishing qi and lowering blood pressure, so many people put some Astragalus when cooking to regulate their physical condition. However, not everyone is suitable for eating Astragalus. If eaten at an inappropriate time, it may cause secondary damage to people's bodies. So can you take Astragalus if you have a cough? This requires understanding what causes the cough, because the following types of people are not suitable for taking Astragalus.

1. Who should not eat Astragalus?

Astragalus is a common tonic Chinese medicine. People often use it to make tea. However, many people should not eat Astragalus. Let’s take a look at who should not eat Astragalus.

1 People with Yin deficiency

The symptoms of Yin deficiency include hot palms and soles, dry mouth and throat, back pain, hot flashes and night sweats, insomnia and dreaminess, a red tongue without coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. Because Astragalus is sweet and slightly warm in nature, taking it will cause heat in patients with yin deficiency, which can easily damage the yin and cause bleeding. When patients with yin deficiency use Astragalus, it must be used in combination with yin-nourishing medicines, such as raw rehmannia, cooked rehmannia, Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus, Asparagus cochinchinensis, and Polygonatum odoratum.

2 People with damp heat

Symptoms of damp-heat: bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth, yellow and greasy tongue coating, etc. Patients with damp-heat may easily suffer from stagnation of pathogenic factors when taking the medicine, which may aggravate their condition. Patients with damp-heat must be treated with drugs that clear damp-heat, such as Coptis chinensis, Artemisia capillaris, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.

3 People with intense heat poison

Symptoms of severe heat toxicity: various purulent infections, such as acne infection, pharyngeal infection, peritonitis, etc., manifested as flushed face, red throat, dry throat, sore throat, bitter and dry mouth, red lips and tongue, yellow and dry tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse, etc. Patients with severe heat and toxicity may easily stagnate the evil and make their condition worse. If you must take Astragalus, you must use it in combination with heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, such as Coptis chinensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Rhubarb, and Patrinia salsa.

4People with red tongue and little saliva

If you have symptoms such as red lips and tongue, dry mouth with lack of saliva, and yellow tongue coating, you must not eat Astragalus.

5 Late pregnancy

Pregnant women in the late stages of pregnancy should not eat Astragalus because it is a qi-replenishing substance. If they still eat Astragalus in the late stages, it will cause the fetus to be too large, which is not conducive to delivery.

6. Hypertension and cerebral hemorrhage

People with high blood pressure or cerebral hemorrhage should not eat it either, as blood pressure will easily rise after eating it, which will aggravate the symptoms.

7 People with a hot constitution

People with a hot constitution should not eat Astragalus, as eating it will cause irritability.

The above introduces 7 categories of people who should not use Astragalus. So what other things do you need to know in advance when using Astragalus? Let's take a look at the precautions when using Astragalus.