Can Astragalus and Wolfberry be soaked in water and drunk together?

Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health preservation, and often use some Chinese medicine to make tea to regulate their bodies. Because Astragalus can replenish qi and raise yang, improve people's disease resistance, and delay aging, many people like to use Astragalus to make tea. So, is there anything you need to pay attention to when using Astragalus to soak in water? Can you add some wolfberries to such water?

The Chinese medicinal herb wolfberry is a yin-tonifying medicine. As a tonic that can be used as both medicine and food, wolfberry has a variety of ways to be consumed. It nourishes the kidney and replenishes essence, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, replenishes blood and calms the mind, promotes fluid production and quenches thirst, moistens the lungs and relieves cough. It is used to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, blurred vision, excessive tearing, consumptive cough, thirst, and spermatorrhea.

Astragalus is sweet and warm. It is used to treat carbuncle, long-term sore, discharge pus and relieve pain, leprosy, five types of hemorrhoids, fistula, tonic and all kinds of diseases in children. Astragalus has the effect of replenishing Qi and raising Yang. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, sinking of Qi in the middle, etc. It is generally used for people with spleen and stomach Qi deficiency or pale complexion, cold hands and feet. Astragalus can be used to make wine or added to dishes. For example, it is a common ingredient in turtle soup and black chicken soup. However, because women are yin, if they replenish qi and raise yang excessively, they are likely to develop pimples on their faces.

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. It is better to wash the astragalus and wolfberry and boil them in water to drink. Do not use an iron pot to boil them. A casserole is best. If you don't have one, stainless steel will also work. Put them in the pot after washing and add an appropriate amount of cold water (do not add hot water) (you can boil more at a time and drink it in several times). After boiling, turn to low heat and cook for 2 hours. Generally, 20 to 25 grams of each is enough.

The function of Astragalus is to replenish qi and raise yang, and it is a yin-replenishing medicine, while the function of wolfberry is to replenish blood and calm the mind, and it is also a yin-replenishing medicine. Therefore, there is no conflicting effect on the medicinal effects of the two, so they can be soaked in water and drunk together. However, if you want to make the medicine more effective, it is best to decoct it in water, so that astragalus and wolfberry can play a greater role.