Can Pueraria root and Astragalus be taken together?

It is well known that Pueraria root is suitable for all ages and has multiple functions such as promoting spleen and stomach health and removing dampness. Astragalus is a common food and medicine ingredient that has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood, and detoxifying. So can Pueraria lobata and Astragalus be consumed together? The reason why we talk about this issue is that traditional Chinese medicine believes that many medicines are compatible with each other. Only when they are reasonably compatible and not conflicting can they exert the greatest health-preserving effect.

1/9 Astragalus and Honeysuckle

Astragalus nourishes Qi and raises Yang, replenishes Qi and removes toxins. Honeysuckle can clear away heat, detoxify, cool blood, and penetrate the body. It is an important medicine for treating sores, ulcers, and swellings. The two medicines are combined to nourish and clear away heat. They nourish without causing heat, and clear away heat without hurting the body. They have remarkable effects in expelling toxins and clearing away waste. It is suitable for treating sores, swelling and infection, sores that do not heal for a long time; diabetes is prone to sores and boils, which occur and heal from time to time. Chronic kidney disease, long-term illness with weak qi, accumulation of heat and toxins, renal damage, and inability to eliminate proteinuria. The two medicines are used together to invigorate qi and strengthen the body, remove toxins, without hurting the body or causing dampness and heat. It is also suitable for use in patients with chronic hepatitis, long-term illness, qi deficiency, residual heat, and liver damage. It has the effects of invigorating qi, detoxifying, and protecting the liver.

2/9 Astragalus and Chinese Yam

Astragalus nourishes the spleen. Yam benefits the spleen, nourishes spleen yin and consolidates essence. The two medicines are used together to replenish qi without stagnating it, and to nourish it without causing greasiness and stagnation, and together they have the effect of invigorating the spleen and nourishing the spleen yin. This is an effective combination of Shi Jinmo for treating diabetes and can lower blood sugar. In the treatment of ulcer disease, the two medicines are selected according to syndrome differentiation, which have the effect of replenishing qi and stopping bleeding, and are beneficial to the healing of ulcers.

3/9 Astragalus and Salvia miltiorrhiza

Astragalus nourishes the vital energy of the lungs and spleen. Danshen promotes blood circulation, removes blood stasis and nourishes blood. The two medicines are used together to invigorate Qi and activate blood circulation. When Qi is strong and blood circulates, and when blood circulates, Qi is also strong, thus achieving the effect of invigorating Qi and activating blood circulation. It is an important medicine for treating stroke sequelae, chest pain, palpitations, limb numbness, etc. caused by qi deficiency and blood stasis. It is suitable for patients with ascites due to liver cirrhosis, hepatosplenomegaly, edema due to nephritis and kidney disease, and accumulation of masses due to qi deficiency and blood stasis. It is also an important medicine for patients with aplastic anemia and diabetes due to qi deficiency and blood stasis.

4/9 Astragalus and Angelica

Astragalus nourishes the spleen and lung vital energy and stimulates qi transformation. Angelica nourishes blood, harmonizes blood and promotes blood circulation. When Qi is strong, blood is produced. The two medicines are used together to replenish Qi and generate blood, regulating both Qi and blood. Qi and blood are harmonized, so that Yin fire can be restrained and lowered.

5/9 Astragalus and Motherwort

Astragalus invigorates Qi and promotes the flow of water, and can transport poison. Motherwort can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and detoxify. The two medicines are used together to nourish and promote circulation at the same time. The nourishment does not cause stagnation, and the promotion does not hurt the body. It is clinically used for patients with chronic nephritis and nephrotic syndrome due to qi deficiency, water and blood stasis. The two medicines are combined according to the symptoms, which has a good effect of eliminating edema, eliminating proteinuria, lowering blood pressure, and improving renal function. Ascites caused by liver cirrhosis is caused by qi deficiency, blood stasis and water accumulation, and it has a good therapeutic effect.

6/9 Astragalus and Pueraria

Astragalus nourishes the lungs and spleen, and raises the clear yang. Pharmacological studies have shown that Astragalus has the effect of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. Its mechanism of action is to counteract adrenaline and has a diuretic effect. Pueraria root raises the clear yang, encourages the stomach qi to move upward, and produces body fluid. Pharmacological studies have shown that Pueraria root can increase cerebral and coronary blood flow, and has an inhibitory effect on myocardial ischemia caused by vasopressin. The two medicinal compounds, one for replenishing Qi and raising Yang, and the other for raising clearness and activating blood circulation, complement each other and work together to achieve the effect of replenishing Qi, raising clearness, unblocking blood vessels and stopping dizziness.

7/9 Astragalus and mulberry leaves

Astragalus is sweet, warm, and invigorates Qi, strengthens the exterior, stops sweating, replenishes Qi, and regulates blood. Mulberry leaves are sweet, cold and refreshing, and can relieve wind evil in the lungs, clear away heat and relieve dryness. "Dan Xi's Heart Method" says that "roast it into powder, take it on an empty stomach with half a drink, to stop night sweats." "Bencao Congxin" calls it "stop bleeding...stop night sweats." The two medicines are sweet, cold and warm in nature and are used together to strengthen the exterior, clear away the exterior and stop sweating, and to invigorate qi, clear away the exterior and stop bleeding. It can be used for spontaneous sweating and night sweats caused by various deficiency syndromes, and sweating syndrome caused by deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang.

8/9 Astragalus and Stephania tetrandra

Astragalus replenishes Qi, removes dampness, raises Yang and consolidates the exterior. Stephania tetrandra clears the meridians and eliminates dampness, and promotes diuresis and diuresis. The two medicines are used together to invigorate Qi and lift up the bowels while descending and draining the bowels, they can reach the inside and out, circulate through all the meridians, descend and drain without consuming the body's energy, and complement each other to achieve the effects of invigorating Qi, promoting the flow of water, consolidating the exterior and removing dampness. It is clinically used to treat symptoms such as qi deficiency on the skin surface, retention of wind and water in the skin and muscles, skin edema, heaviness and numbness all over the body, joint pain, sweating and aversion to wind. It is an important medicine for treating edema caused by qi deficiency, dampness stagnation and nephritis and kidney disease. Stephania tetrandra is effective in eliminating local dark spots, especially those around the eye sockets.

9/9 Astragalus, Ephedra, and Asarum

Asarum dispels wind and cold, stimulates kidney Qi, and transforms water and fluid. Astragalus nourishes the spleen and lungs, replenishes Qi and promotes the circulation of water. Ephedra promotes the flow of lung qi. The three medicines are used together, one to open up the lungs and open up the upper source, one to open up the kidney qi, and one to nourish the spleen and move the middle. They are divided into the upper, middle and lower three burners, the lungs, spleen and kidneys, and they strengthen the body and eliminate evil at the same time, complementing each other, and together they work to nourish the spleen, open up the lungs, and stimulate the kidney qi to transform into water. It is more suitable for clinical use in patients with acute relapse of chronic nephritis due to deficiency of lung and spleen qi, and external evil invading the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Asarum can stimulate kidney Qi, and can not warm and transform water and dampness in cases of yang deficiency. Adding asarum to the prescription can stimulate kidney Qi and give vitality to weak yang Qi.