How to take Astragalus

Astragalus is a popular Chinese medicinal material that everyone is familiar with. The main effect of Astragalus is that it can help our body replenish qi, and it can also effectively improve the body's immunity. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with both therapeutic and health-care effects. Therefore, Astragalus can basically be seen in traditional Chinese medicine warming and tonic prescriptions. Today I will briefly introduce to you the important ways to take Astragalus.

Astragalus is sweet and slightly warm in nature. It can nourish the spleen and replenish qi, nourish the lungs and strengthen the exterior, and promote diuresis and reduce swelling. It has the effects of enhancing the body's immune function, protecting the liver, diuresis, anti-aging, anti-stress, lowering blood pressure and a wide range of antibacterial effects. There is a popular saying among the people: "Drinking Astragalus soup regularly can prevent diseases and maintain health." It means that drinking Astragalus tea regularly has a good disease prevention and health-care effect. Astragalus tea can replenish the qi in the body, and it is nourishing without being greasy. It can improve qi deficiency and anemia, strengthen the physical fitness, and prolong life. If you add wolfberry, codonopsis, poria and other medicinal materials to brew it together, the effect will be better.

1. Use about 30 grams of Astragalus every day and take it after decocting in water. Or boil it in water and drink it as tea. Use 30 grams of astragalus and 15 grams of wolfberry, decoct in water and take. It is more effective for people with weak qi and blood.

2. Take about 50 grams of astragalus, boil it into a soup, and use the decoction to cook rice or porridge. It will become astragalus rice or astragalus porridge, which is also very beneficial.

3. Some people like to add some astragalus when roasting meat, chicken or duck to increase the nourishing effect, and the effect is also good.

Astragalus can be soaked in water and drunk, but it must be freshly boiled water, so that the medicinal flavor can be brewed out. However, at most only three or four tenths of the medicinal effect can be extracted, which is a bit of a waste of medicinal resources. It is recommended to mainly decoct it for better results.

Astragalus has a wide range of uses. Not only can it be used directly as medicine, but it can also be added to various porridges and soups as the main medicinal ingredient for diet therapy. It is also a good choice to soak Astragalus directly in water and drink it. The dosage required for different methods of taking Astragalus is also different. You can refer to the specific introduction above. Please use it under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner when using it in combination with other medicinal materials.