Can Astragalus be soaked in wine? What are its effects?

As we all know, Scutellaria baicalensis is a nutritional health food with relatively high nutritional value. It is also a Chinese herbal medicine. Scutellaria baicalensis can be found in many Chinese herbal medicines. Astragalus membranaceus has many effects and functions. So, can Scutellaria baicalensis be used to make medicinal wine? Let’s also learn how to eat Scutellaria baicalensis.

Can Scutellaria baicalensis be used to make medicinal wine?

Yes, it is best to soak wolfberry and scutellaria baicalensis in wine together.

Wolfberry and Astragalus wine is a kind of honey wine which has medicinal and health-preserving value after wolfberry, scutellaria and other closely related main Chinese medicinal materials are soaked in pure grain wine or rice wine for a period of time. This honey wine is especially suitable for people who need to nourish the kidneys and strengthen their yang. Because wolfberry has the function of nourishing kidney, strengthening yang and protecting liver, using wolfberry to soak in wine can prolong life, relieve patients with long-term low back pain and some patients with kidney deficiency.

In winter, some women have cold hands and feet, which may be caused by kidney deficiency. They can also use this honey wine to regulate their bodies. Many people think that honey wine is suitable for men to drink because it can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, but in fact, women also need it.

However, it should be noted that people with kidney yin deficiency should add some yin-nourishing medicine when drinking this wine, such as raw rehmannia, cooked rehmannia, adenophora, ophiopogon, asparagus, and polygonatum. Patients with severe heat and toxicity should be given some heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Coptis chinensis, and Patrinia salsa.

In addition, experts pointed out that when taking Scutellaria baicalensis, do not take cyclophosphamide, otherwise they will conflict with each other.

The most important function of wolfberry and astragalus wine is to nourish the kidney and strengthen the yang. Because wolfberry contains betaine, atropine, hyoscyamine, wolfberry polysaccharides, etc., it can promote immunity, anti-aging, anti-tumor, lower cholesterol, relieve fatigue, anti-radiation, protect the liver, and maintain and improve reproductive functions. The factor has the functions of enhancing human immune function, preventing and inhibiting tumors and preventing atherosclerosis.

And wolfberry itself can protect the liver, nourish the kidneys, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Scutellaria baicalensis has the same effects as Poria cocos: sweet, slightly warm, and enters the lung, spleen, liver, and spleen meridians. It has the effects of invigorating Qi and strengthening the exterior, restraining sweat and lifting sunken bodies, supporting sores and removing toxins, and promoting dampness and reducing swelling. It can treat fatigue due to qi deficiency, sinking of qi in the middle, long-term diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, bloody stool and metrorrhagia, night sweats due to superficial deficiency, carbuncles that are difficult to heal, long-term ulcers that do not heal, qi and blood deficiency and sallowness, internal heat and thirst, chronic nephritis, proteinuria, diabetes, etc. Roasted Astragalus nourishes blood and softens the liver, while raw Astragalus can strengthen the exterior and relieve sores.