What are the effects and methods of consumption of Astragalus?

In China, Chinese medicine is the earliest medicine for treating diseases. Its medicinal properties and effects are very powerful. Each Chinese medicine contains multiple medicines, which need to be boiled and taken at the same time. With years of research, many experts have extracted Chinese medicine ingredients and made them into Chinese patent medicines, injections, etc. Commonly used medicines include Astragalus. In addition to the use of medicines, it can also be treated through diet. So what are the effects and methods of eating Astragalus?

Benefits of Astragalus:

Effects on the liver

Gavage of Astragalus membranaceus decoction to mice can significantly promote the rate of 3H-leucine incorporation into mouse serum and liver protein, but has no effect on protein content, that is, it can significantly promote the renewal of serum and liver protein. It can increase spleen protein synthesis and cause spleen cell proliferation, with a large amount of rough endoplasmic reticulum in the cytoplasm. Astragalus has a bidirectional regulatory effect on sugar metabolism. It can significantly reduce the blood sugar level of mice after glucose load, counteract the increase in blood sugar caused by adrenaline, and counteract the decrease in blood sugar in mice caused by phenformin. Astragalus has no significant effect on normal blood sugar.

Gavage of Astragalus membranaceus decoction to normal liver-protective mice can increase liver glycogen. Astragalus has a restorative effect on the decrease in serum total protein and albumin caused by liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride, and can prevent the decrease in liver glycogen caused by carbon tetrachloride. Astragalus can increase the incorporation of 3H-leucine into liver protein and promote its renewal. Patients with chronic hepatitis B have cellular immune dysfunction, with increased CD8 in T cell subpopulations and a decreased CD4/CD8 ratio. Astragalus injection can reduce CD8 and increase CD4/CD8 in patients, thereby restoring normal immune function and improving the ability to clear the virus or inhibit its spread.

Effects on sperm

Astragalus can prolong the estrus period of mice and also has a good effect on the development of mice. Astragalus can enhance sperm motility. Adding Astragalus decoction to human semen in vitro can significantly improve sperm activity rate, sperm movement speed, sperm forward movement speed, and frequency of sperm head swing. This has potential application value for using Astragalus as an in vitro additive in assisted reproductive technology (such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, etc.).

Astragalus has the effects of enhancing adrenal cortex function and resisting fatigue.

Astragalus can enhance muscle strength in rats and mice. Gavage of Astragalus membranaceus decoction for 6 or 14 days can enhance the swimming fatigue resistance of rats and significantly increase the plasma cortisol content of swimming stress rats, exceeding the levels of blank stress group and normal control group. Astragalus can increase the weight of the adrenal glands, thicken the adrenal cortex, increase the volume of zona fasciculata cells and enrich the cytoplasm of rats subjected to swimming stress. This indicates that Astragalus enhances the anti-stress ability of rats by enhancing the function of the adrenal cortex.

Directions:

1. Angelica Blood-Nourishing Soup

Prescription: 50 grams of Astragalus and 10 grams of Angelica.

How to eat: Boil two cups of water until only one cup remains, remove the residue, and drink warm on an empty stomach.

Function: Tonifies Qi and generates blood. It is mainly used to treat muscle heat, red face, thirst, and a strong but weak pulse, which is weak when pressed hard. It is also used to treat fever and headache caused by blood deficiency during menstruation and after childbirth, or sores and ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

2. Astragalus stewed chicken

Ingredients and functions: 120 grams of Astragalus to replenish qi and strengthen the exterior; a hen to replenish qi and blood, appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, salt and other seasonings. Remove the feathers from the hen and clean its internal organs. Wash the astragalus and put it into a medicine bag, then put it into the chicken's belly. Add water, onion, ginger, salt and other seasonings into the pot and cook for 40 minutes before eating.

Function: Chicken stewed with Astragalus can replenish Qi and blood, benefit the essence and fill the marrow. It can be eaten for patients with Qi and blood deficiency due to serious illness, long-term illness, excessive blood loss after childbirth, etc. For healthy people, eating it can also strengthen the body and reduce colds.

The above article explains the effects and consumption methods of Astragalus. After understanding the effects of the medicine, we can take it accurately. Whether it is used as traditional Chinese medicine or through diet, we must pay attention to the dosage. Most people use Astragalus according to the doctor's advice and arrangements, and are cautious in using the medicine. However, the condition will improve with the time of medication, and the dosage needs to change.