The efficacy and effects of traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus

In our daily life, Scutellaria baicalensis is a common Chinese medicinal material, and its nutritional content is very high. Scutellaria baicalensis is most suitable for people with qi deficiency and spleen dampness. These people are usually fat and have soft muscles, especially the waist muscles. You can usually use Astragalus to make tea and drink it, because Astragalus tea can enhance immunity, and your complexion will get better and better. It has a very good therapeutic effect on intermittent chronic ulcers, poor skin and various blood diseases. Let’s take a look at the detailed introduction of the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus.

The efficacy and function of Astragalus

1. Replenishing Qi and Strengthening the Exterior

When used raw, Scutellaria baicalensis has the effects of invigorating Qi and strengthening the exterior, promoting dampness and reducing swelling, removing toxins and expelling poisons. It is suitable for symptoms such as night sweats, blood stasis, edema, carbuncles that do not ulcerate or ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

2. Nourish blood and replenish qi

Honey-roasted Astragalus has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and benefiting the middle. It is suitable for symptoms such as fatigue, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, qi deficiency, deficiency of both qi and blood, and qi deficiency.

3. Lowers blood pressure

Modern science has confirmed that Scutellaria baicalensis has the effects of reducing blood viscosity, reducing thrombosis, lowering blood pressure, protecting the heart, doubly regulating blood sugar levels, resisting free radical damage, delaying aging, resisting oxygen deficiency, anti-tumor, and enhancing the body's immunity. It can be used to treat heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. Scutellaria baicalensis can also soften blood vessels, improve skin blood circulation and health, so it is suitable for those with chronic ulcers that have not healed for a long time. It can also clear proteinuria in patients with nephritis, protect the liver and prevent the decrease of liver glycogen.

The efficacy and function of Scutellaria baicalensis

1. Exterior deficiency and night sweats

It is mostly used for night sweats caused by deficiency of Qi and blood and weak exterior. If the superficial Qi is not nourished and sweating occurs, use Scutellaria baicalensis combined with Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos and Saposhnikovia divaricata to treat it. It will be effective if taken for a long time. The square jade screen is scattered. It can also be combined with floating wheat, ephedra root, etc.

2. Night sweats due to Yin deficiency

It can be used together with yin-tonifying medicines such as Rehmannia glutinosa and Ophiopogon japonicus.

3. Edema caused by acute nephritis

Scutellaria baicalensis contains a lot of nutrients, and these nutrients are suitable for asthenic edema caused by deficiency of Yang Qi, and are often used together with Stephania tetrandra, Coix seed, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, etc., such as Stephania tetrandra and Astragalus decoction. Such a recipe can effectively alleviate the symptoms of nephritic edema.

4. Edema caused by chronic nephritis, spleen and kidney deficiency

It is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, and Coix seed.

5. Weak Qi and Blood

Scutellaria baicalensis is also used to treat sores that have not ulcerated for a long time but have become sunken, and the nutrients in Scutellaria baicalensis have the effect of promoting ulceration and localization.

6. Ulcers

If the edges are not healed for a long time, it has the effect of regenerating tissue and heal the edges. It is often combined with honeysuckle, soapberry, and plantain. The concentrated liquid is used for cleaning and is equivalent to codonopsis pilosula and cinnamon powder.

7. Lung deficiency syndrome

If the cough lasts for a long time, you will feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, and fatigue, and the phlegm in the lungs will accumulate and you will have difficulty coughing it out. It is often combined with Aster tataricus, Coltsfoot, etc. to warm the lungs, clear the throat, and strengthen the lungs and treat lung qi deficiency. The spleen produces phlegm and the lungs store phlegm, so we need to strengthen Taiyin to resolve phlegm. Scutellaria baicalensis replenishes Qi and blood, so it is especially good at treating Qi deficiency.

8. Qi deficiency and decline

Fatigue, or qi deficiency, rectal prolapse, or uterine prolapse. It replenishes qi and blood, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and is often used with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, etc. It is used to nourish blood, generate yang and lift the sunken, and is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Scutellaria baicalensis, raw licorice, etc.

Who should not eat Scutellaria baicalensis?

1. In terms of physical fitness, Scutellaria baicalensis is most suitable for people with qi deficiency and spleen dampness. Such people are usually fat and have soft muscles, especially the waist muscles. However, it is not suitable for people with very thin and firm bodies. From a health perspective, you don’t need to eat Scutellaria baicalensis when you have a fever, a cold, or during your menstrual period.

2. In terms of season, it is not suitable for ordinary people to eat Scutellaria baicalensis in early spring. Why can’t you drink Astragalus porridge when you have a cold? Because Scutellaria baicalensis is a Qi-tonifying and strengthening agent, it helps the body close the door and prevent the invasion of wind evil. But when the human body has already been affected by wind evil, it will become like closing the door to keep the enemy inside, locking the disease evil in the body and making it difficult to vent. Similarly, spring is the season for stopping hair loss and promoting hair growth. The body needs nourishment, so eating Scutellaria baicalensis is not suitable.

3. For patients with kidney disease caused by kidney yin deficiency, cold dampness, and severe heat toxicity, the use of Scutellaria baicalensis will generally cause toxic side effects and should be prohibited. Because Scutellaria baicalensis and Poria cocos have sweet and slightly warm effects, patients with kidney yin deficiency will increase heat when taking them, which can easily damage yin and cause blood circulation. Patients with severe cold, dampness, and heat toxicity will easily stagnate the evil when taking them, which will aggravate the condition. If you must take Scutellaria baicalensis, you must use them together.

4. Patients with kidney yin deficiency must use Scutellaria baicalensis in combination with yin-nourishing drugs, such as raw rehmannia, cooked rehmannia, Adenophora Root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Polygonatum odoratum, etc. Patients with cold and dampness must take cold and dampness clearing drugs, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Artemisia capillaris, Bupleurum chinense, etc. Patients with severe heat and toxicity must take heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Coptis chinensis, and Patrinia salsa.