What are the effects and functions of Astragalus membranaceus?

Astragalus membranaceus is a relatively common Chinese patent medicine. The medicinal value of this medicine is mainly to nourish the kidney and regulate the spleen and stomach. It also has a very good effect on replenishing blood and qi, impotence and premature ejaculation. It also has the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight. Astragalus membranaceus can be used to make wine or soup in normal times.

Astragalus membranaceus, also known as Tong Tribulus and Shayuan Tribulus, is the seed of the leguminous plant Astragalus. Every year in late autumn and early winter, when the fruit is ripe but not cracked, it is cut off with the stem. After drying, the seeds are beaten, impurities are removed, and it is dried again before being used as medicine. It is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing the liver, benefiting the kidneys, improving eyesight, and consolidating essence. It can be used to treat liver and kidney deficiency, low back and knee pain, blurred vision, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, frequent urination, enuresis, hematuria, leucorrhea, etc.

Astragalus membranaceus is rich in selenium, copper, iron, zinc, manganese, fatty oil, tannins, vitamins and other ingredients. It is also believed that Astragalus membranaceus can nourish the liver, improve eyesight, moisturize and rejuvenate the skin, and strengthen the waist and bones. It can be used for skin care and beauty treatment of kidney deficiency, low back pain, impotence and spermatorrhea, dizziness, excessive leucorrhea and decreased vision. Chinese herbs such as Astragalus membranaceus also have an inhibitory effect on induced pigmentation. Astragalus membranaceus is warm in nature and has a yang-strengthening effect, so it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, and those with easy erection. Patients with kidney yang deficiency that causes sexual apathy, impotence, premature ejaculation, insomnia, and nocturnal emissions often have a pale or haggard complexion. Taking Astragalus membranaceus can not only improve the symptoms of kidney yang deficiency and rejuvenate the body, but also has obvious effects on plumping the skin, darkening the hair and beautifying the hair.

1. Astragalus membranaceus and Eucommia bark wine: 30g Astragalus membranaceus, 10g Allium leek seeds, 15g Eucommia bark, and 500g white wine. Soak in wine. Drink a small cup each time. This prescription uses Astragalus membranaceus to nourish the kidney and consolidate essence, Allium leek to nourish the kidney and consolidate essence and strengthen yang, and Eucommia ulmoides to nourish the kidney and strengthen the waist. Used for impotence due to kidney deficiency, low back pain, and residual urination.

2. Astragalus membranaceus is used to treat spermatorrhea: 2 liang each of Astragalus membranaceus (fried), Euryale ferox (steamed), and Lotus stamen, 1 liang each of Dragon Bone (roasted in butter), and Oyster (boiled in salt water for one day and one night, calcined into powder). Grind into powder, make into pills with lotus seed powder paste, and take with salt water. (Jinsuo Gujing Pills from "Yi Fang Jijie")

3. Astragalus membranaceus is used to treat blurred vision: 9 grams each of Astragalus membranaceus, Lycium barbarum and Rehmannia glutinosa. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, to treat long-term illness, physical weakness, and decreased vision. Or use 60 grams each of Astragalus membranaceus, Astragalus membranaceus, and Atractylodes macrocephala. Grind them into fine powder, take 3 grams each time, twice a day.