What are the contraindications of Astragalus?

What are the contraindications of Astragalus? Astragalus is a very good Chinese medicinal material with strong medicinal properties. The compatibility of Astragalus is very important. If you do not pay attention to the compatibility of Astragalus, problems will easily arise. So what are the contraindications of Astragalus? What kind of medicine is better to match it with? What is the drug matching method of Astragalus? Let me introduce it to you below.

The efficacy, functions and incompatibility contraindications of Astragalus are introduced in detail below. As a traditional Chinese medicinal material, Astragalus has been used as medicine for more than 2,000 years. Its many functions such as protecting the liver, promoting diuresis, and enhancing the body's immunity have been widely recognized. So what are its specific therapeutic effects? Below we will introduce the effects of Astragalus in detail. Astragalus is produced in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Heilongjiang and other places in my country. Because it has been severely harvested, it has now become a national third-level protected plant.

1. The main effects of Astragalus are as follows

1. Because it is rich in various trace elements, it is a basic medicinal material for the lungs and respiratory ability. It can act on the sweating symptoms caused by low immunity and enhance the spleen and metabolic capacity.

2. Use Astragalus to replenish Qi. For patients with spleen and lung Qi deficiency, Astragalus can replenish the Qi of the whole body. Astragalus can be used for both the upper and lower body.

3. Raw Astragalus has the effects of invigorating Qi and strengthening the exterior, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, detoxifying, and promoting tissue regeneration. It is suitable for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, blood stasis, edema, carbuncles that do not ulcerate or ulcers that do not heal for a long time, etc.

4. Astragalus can also reduce blood viscosity and can be used to treat symptoms such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. Astragalus can also dilate blood vessels, improve blood circulation and nutritional status of the skin, so it is effective for chronic ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

2. Contraindications of Astragalus

If the combination of Astragalus is not correct, it is likely to affect its own efficacy and reduce its efficacy.

Here are some contraindications of using Astragalus: it should not be used in combination with tortoise shell and Dictamni bark. Also, when recuperating, people with bone steaming, tuberculosis and fullness in the middle should not use it, so as not to affect the health of the body.

1. "Annotations to the Classic of Materia Medica" says: "It is harmful to tortoise shells."

2. Xu Zhicai's "Medicine Pair": "It is incompatible with tortoise shell and white mulberry bark."

3. "Medical Introduction·Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is forbidden to use it if the dark qi is strong.

4. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is resistant to Veratrum, and afraid of Penis Enlargement and Saposhnikovia divaricata.

5. "New Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is not suitable for people with bone steaming, tuberculosis and fullness in the middle."

6. "Pharmaceutical Chemistry": "If there is excess Qi, the external evil is strong, the pores are full, and the triple burner fire is agitated, it is advisable to stop using it. As for stroke, paralysis of the hands and feet, phlegm congestion and Qi stagnation, it should not be added from beginning to end."

7. "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "It can strengthen the exterior, so do not use it if there are exterior evils; it can help qi, so do not use it if qi is strong; it can fill the interior, so do not use it if there is chest qi stagnation, or stomach stagnation; it can replenish yang, so do not use it if there is yang excess and yin deficiency; it can replenish yang, so do not use it if there is excessive heat in the upper part of the body and coldness in the lower part of the body; do not use it if the patient is prone to anger or liver qi is not harmonious; it is forbidden to use it if there is severe heat in the blood of smallpox."

The incompatibility contraindications of Astragalus are very important. In fact, for a medicine like Astragalus, you must know more about its medicinal properties, and the function of Astragalus is very important. There are many problems with compatibility. When using a medicine like Astragalus, you can look at the incompatibility contraindications of Astragalus. Only in this way can you have an in-depth understanding of its incompatibility contraindications and use this medicine reasonably.