How many types of Astragalus are there?

The traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus is a commonly used medicinal material, and it also has strong health-care effects. Especially for friends who often feel weak, Astragalus is undoubtedly the best choice for regulating the body. However, sometimes due to lack of understanding of Chinese medicinal materials, the astragalus you buy may not look like astragalus, but may seem to be another kind of medicinal material. So, how many types of Astragalus are there?

Astragalus is generally divided into two types: raw astragalus and roasted astragalus.

If the prescription medication is not specified, it generally refers to roasted Astragalus.

effect

1. Enhance immune function

Astragalus can enhance the phagocytic function of the reticuloendothelial system, significantly increase the number of white blood cells and multinuclear leukocytes, and significantly increase the phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index of macrophages, and has a promoting effect on both humoral immunity and cellular immunity. After normal people take it, plasma IgM and IgE increase significantly, and the whole herb has the best effect. Astragalus can promote the formation of serum hemolysin, enhance the hemolytic ability of plaque-forming cells, and has obvious carbon particle clearance effect and the effect of increasing spleen weight. The above effects exist under normal physiological conditions and also have obvious effects when the immune function is low. Astragalus not only has a strengthening effect on low immune function, but also has a bidirectional regulatory effect. The active ingredient F3 of Astragalus membranaceus was shown to have a complete restorative effect on the lymphocyte function of cancer patients in in vitro experiments, and was shown to completely reverse the immunosuppression caused by cyclophosphamide in in vivo animal model experiments, suggesting that Astragalus membranaceus components may be a very promising biological response modifier in immunotherapy. Astragalus can enhance the activity of natural killer cells (LAK) activated by lymphokine (interleukin-2).

2. Effects on interferon

Astragalus has the ability to enhance virus-induced interferon production. People who are prone to catching colds can take Astragalus during the cold season, which can not only significantly reduce the number of colds, but also make the symptoms of colds milder and the course of the disease shorter.

3. Enhance the body's ability to tolerate hypoxia and stress

Astragalus polysaccharide has a significant anti-fatigue effect, can significantly prolong the swimming time and increase the adrenaline weight of hydrocortisone-depleted mice, has a significant tolerance to various hypoxia models in mice, can significantly reduce systemic oxygen consumption and increase tissue hypoxia tolerance. Astragalus polysaccharide has a significant effect of resisting low temperature and can significantly prolong the survival time of normal and impaired mice.

4. Promote metabolism Astragalus can enhance the physiological metabolism of cells, which may be through intracellular cAMP.

This is accomplished through the regulatory role of cGMP. Astragalus can also promote protein renewal in serum and liver and promote protein metabolism, which may be another important aspect of Astragalus's tonic effect.