What is the method of using Astragalus to replenish qi?

Astragalus is often seen in traditional Chinese medicine, and it has a good effect of replenishing qi in the body. Combining Astragalus with other ingredients can also have a good effect of replenishing qi, which is also commonly known as medicinal food. If Astragalus is used in the correct combination, it has a very good effect on replenishing qi in the body. For example, stewed pigeon with Astragalus and wolfberry has the effect of replenishing blood and qi. When combined with wolfberry and Astragalus, the effect of replenishing qi is even better. Medicinal food can continuously amplify the effect of medicine and act on the human body, so as long as you use the right combination, you can use Astragalus to achieve a good effect of replenishing qi. The recommended cooking methods are stewing pork tripe with Amomum villosum and Astragalus, mountain Astragalus porridge, and Astragalus and tangerine peel porridge.

Braised Pigeon with Astragalus and Wolfberry

Ingredients: 30 grams each of astragalus and wolfberry, 1 baby pigeon, appropriate amounts of cooking wine, refined salt, MSG, ginger slices, chicken broth, and chicken oil.

How to eat: Kill the baby pigeon, remove the hair, internal organs, chop off the feet and claws, wash it, blanch it in boiling water for a while, take it out, wash it, cut it into pieces and put it in a stewing pot. Wash astragalus and wolfberry separately and put them into the stewing pot. Put cooking wine, salt, MSG, ginger slices and chicken broth into a stewing pot. Steam the meat until it is cooked. Take out the steamer, pick out the ginger and astragalus, and drizzle with chicken oil.

Efficacy: It has the functions of replenishing qi and strengthening yang, consolidating the exterior and stopping sweating, detoxifying and dispelling wind. It is suitable for people with weak qi, fatigue, spontaneous sweating due to superficial deficiency, and carbuncles and ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

Stewed Pork Tripe with Amomum villosum and Astragalus

Ingredients: 6 grams of Amomum villosum, 20 grams of Astragalus, and 1 pig's stomach.

Preparation method: Wash the pig's stomach, put Amomum villosum and Astragalus into the pig's stomach, add water and stew until cooked, season and eat.

Comments: It replenishes Qi and strengthens the spleen, helps digestion and stimulates appetite. It is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, loose stools and epigastric pain. It can be used for patients with gastroptosis and chronic gastritis.

Ginseng, Astragalus and Jujube Porridge

15g of Astragalus, 10g of Codonopsis, 30g of Jujube, and 100g of Japonica Rice. Boil Astragalus and Codonopsis in water to extract the juice, and cook it into porridge with the latter two.

Astragalus Mountain Porridge

30g of Astragalus, 100g of Chinese yam, 15g of Rehmannia root, decoct Astragalus and Rehmannia root in water to extract juice. Grind the yam into powder. Boil the juice, sprinkle in yam powder frequently, stir well, and cook into porridge.

Astragalus and Tangerine Peel Porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of astragalus, 3 grams of tangerine peel, 100 grams of polished rice, and a little brown sugar.

How to eat: Grind the tangerine peel into powder and set aside. Add appropriate amount of water to the astragalus and boil it to get a thick juice. After removing the residue, add rice and brown sugar and cook into porridge. Then add the tangerine peel powder and boil for a while. Take twice a day, morning and evening. Can be taken frequently.

Efficacy: This porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach and replenishing vital energy. Regular consumption can prolong life, and can treat symptoms such as loss of appetite, loose stools, shortness of breath, fatigue, gastroptosis, rectal prolapse, and uterine prolapse.