The efficacy and role of astragalus and contraindications, the efficacy and role of astragalus?

1. Strong body.

Astragalus soaking in water has the effect of enhancing physical fitness, and scientists have used experiments to prove that animals who take astragalus water have significantly faster weight gain than animals that do not take astragalus water. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that drinking more astragalus water every day can make the spirit better, and the shortness of breath will gradually disappear, which can effectively enhance the body's immunity and prevent colds.

2. **Osteoporosis.

If you are suffering from osteoporosis, you can choose Astragalus Guizhi Wuwu decoction appropriately, which can effectively ** the case of soreness and numbness in the lower limbs.

3. Prevention and treatment of chronic rhinitis.

Taking astragalus membranaceus with atractylodes and parsnip together with decoction water can effectively prevent and treat chronic rhinitis, night sweats, allergic rhinitis, asthma, colds and other diseases.

4. Enhance myocardial contractility.

The benefits of drinking astragalus water, in addition to strengthening the body, also include strengthening the contractility of the heart muscle, which can effectively prevent the failure of the body's circulation.

5. Spleen qi deficiency.

There are many benefits of drinking astragalus water, including the prevention and treatment of spleen qi deficiency. Common spleen qi deficiency is mainly manifested as mental fatigue, shortness of breath, phlegm and so on. Astragalus can be taken with codonopsis, atractylodes, poria cocos, etc.

6. **Gastritis.

If you have experimental gastritis, then drinking more astragalus water every day can effectively reduce the symptoms, and the protein quantification in the urine will also decrease.

Astragalus membranaceus, can be described as a well-known Chinese herbal medicine, its medicinal use has a history of thousands of years, as we all know, it can be used to replenish qi, people often soak it in water, porridge or stew soup, folk also have a legend "often drink astragalus soup, disease prevention and health". There are also some animal and cell experimental studies that have found that astragalus can inhibit cancer cells, so you can also see a lot of popular science articles about astragalus anti-cancer on Moments and **. So can astragalus really fight cancer?

What are the benefits of astragalus?

Astragalus membranaceus is the dried root of the leguminous plant Mongolian Astragalus or Astragalus membranaceus, its taste is sweet, the nature is slightly warm, traditional Chinese medicine will return it to the spleen, lung meridian, previous clinical practice has shown that Astragalus has the effect of replenishing qi and raising yang, consolidating the root and stopping perspiration, strengthening the spleen and improving water, detoxification and pus, and building muscles. In the past traditional Chinese medicine, Astragalus is mainly used to treat diseases such as blood deficiency and chlorosis, collapse and leakage of blood in the stool, thirst for qi and jin injuries, paralysis and numbness due to qi deficiency and blood stagnation, and hemiplegia.

With the development of modern medicine, people have found that astragalus mainly contains polysaccharides, flavonoids, saponins, amino acids, selenium and other active substances, which have the functions of enhancing the body's immune function, promoting hematopoietic function, anti-platelet aggregation, anti-myocardial ischemia, improving cardiac function, vasodilation, sedation, analgesia, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-tumor and so on. So, can eating astragalus prevent cancer and fight cancer?

Can Astragalus fight cancer?

At present, the research on the anti-cancer effect of Astragalus is still basically stuck in cell experiments and animal experiments, and the evidence for its use in humans is not sufficient. In related human clinical trials, astragalus preparations are mainly used as adjuvant drugs for tumor chemotherapy drugs or immune drugs, which are used to improve human immunity, induce apoptosis of cancer cells, and reduce the toxicity of chemotherapy drugs. The ** of cancer is not as simple as we think, and it cannot be prevented and cured by drinking astragalus water alone.

If you have cancer, you still need to go to a professional medical institution for it**.

What should I pay attention to when eating astragalus for a long time?

1) Hot poison should be used with caution, pregnant women should be prohibited.

Although astragalus is good, not everyone can drink it. Because of its warmth, it should be used with caution if there are hot and poisonous manifestations such as red face, sore throat and bitter mouth, red redness, yellow dryness, and slippery pulse. And although astragalus is more nourishing, pregnant women should not take it.

2) If there is "fire", stop using it.

Long-term use of astragalus may cause redness, upset, poor sleep, sore throat, increased blood pressure or dizziness"If the above symptoms appear, they should be discontinued or combined with other drugs under the guidance of a professional doctor.

3) The dosage should be controlled.

Although astragalus can be soaked in water to drink, it is not the more you use it, the better, generally put a few tablets in boiled water. If there is no disease, just for health care, the regular dosage of 6-9 grams is enough. If you have a disease, you should go to a professional doctor for treatment before taking it.

Summary. Astragalus is a well-known Chinese herbal medicine, but it cannot be used alone for cancer, and it should be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.

Astragalus is sweet and warm, and returns to the spleen and lung meridians. It has the functions of replenishing qi and raising yang, benefiting the health and strengthening the surface, supporting toxins and building muscles, diluting water and reducing swelling. It is used for the symptoms of spleen and lung qi deficiency and middle qi sagging, which are manifested as fatigue, shortness of breath and lazy speech, low voice, chills and sweating, spleen deficiency and loose stools, uterine prolapse, stomach prolapse and other symptoms, and can be used for qi deficiency and blood deficiency, qi deficiency and blood stasis.

Compatible with angelica and other qi and blood; Compatible with peach kernels, safflowers, etc., it can replenish qi and blood; It is compatible with ginseng, longan meat, etc. to form a spleen soup, which can lead to blood and leakage in the stool caused by the weakness of the spleen and the loss of its control. It is used for self-perspiration and night sweats caused by weakness and weakness, and can also be used for carbuncles caused by lack of qi and blood. It can also be used for thirst-quenching disease caused by qi deficiency and deficiency, and is often used in combination with raw land, wheat winter, smallpox pollen, etc.

In addition, the use of astragalus is decoction in water, and it can also be taken with astragalus decoction alone.

1. Nourishing qi and solidifying the surface.

Raw astragalus is beneficial to qi and solid surface, dilution of water and swelling, detoxification, and muscle building.

2. Nourish qi and blood.

Honey-burned astragalus has the effect of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and benefiting the middle, and is suitable for internal injuries and fatigue, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, qi deficiency, blood deficiency, qi failure and other diseases.

3. Lower blood pressure.

Astragalus membranaceus has the effects of reducing blood viscosity, reducing thrombosis, lowering blood pressure, protecting the heart, regulating blood sugar in both directions, anti-free radical damage, anti-aging, anti-hypoxia, anti-tumor, and enhancing immunity. Astragalus can also dilate blood vessels, improve blood circulation and nutritional status.

1. Astragalus is sweet and warm, enters the spleen meridian, and is an important medicine for tonifying the spleen. It is mostly used for symptoms such as spleen qi deficiency, weak dust, fatigue, lack of food, and loose stools. Because it is longer than the rise of the sun, it is often used for prolapse of the anus and prolapse of internal organs caused by spleen deficiency.

In addition, astragalus enters the lung meridian, and at the same time can nourish lung qi, which can be used for cough weakness, shortness of breath, clear phlegm, low and lazy voice caused by weak lung qi.

2. Astragalus can replenish the qi of the lungs and spleen, and is often used with astringent antiperspirant drugs such as oysters and ephedra root to improve the spleen and lungs and the deficiency of qi and the self-sweating caused by the lack of solid qi.

3. Astragalus can reduce kidney lesions and have a diuretic effect. In addition, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen mainly transports water and dampness, and spleen qi deficiency is not effective, astragalus can not only tonify the spleen and invigorate qi, but also diuresis, reduce swelling and treat symptoms, and is one of the important drugs for qi deficiency and edema.

4. Astragalus itself has the effect of nourishing blood, and it helps to enhance the effect of blood production through the effect of replenishing qi, so astragalus is also often used for blood deficiency, chlorosis and qi and blood deficiency.

5. Astragalus can replenish qi to carry blood, and replenish qi to clear paralysis. For people with paralysis, sequelae of stroke, qi deficiency and blood stagnation, skin and tendon malnutrition, skin numbness or hemiplegia, astragalus is commonly used**.

6. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if the body's righteous qi is deficient, it cannot be reached by poison, and sores will be difficult to ulcerate, or ulcers will be difficult to recover for a long time. Astragalus membranaceus, with its effect of replenishing qi and nourishing blood, can make the righteous qi vigorous, and can play a role in supporting toxins and draining pus, and building muscles and accumulating sores after the sores are ulcerated.

7. Astragalus has a cardiotonic effect, which can increase the amplitude of cardiac contraction, increase the output, and have a more obvious effect on poisoning or fatigue failure and the heart. In addition, for the autoimmune response caused by viral myocarditis, Astragalus can also inhibit viral myocarditis by enhancing immune function, and enhance the production of interferon and pro-inducing interferon by cardiomyocytes.

8. Astragalus has hepatoprotective effect, can enhance hematopoietic function, promote the growth of white blood cells, thereby enhancing the body's immune function, and has anti-cancer and anti-aging effects.