What are the effects of the Chinese medicinal material Astragalus

Astragalus in traditional Chinese medicine is also a kind of precious medicinal material, and it also has the effect of curing diseases. It is also good for health preservation and nourishing the body. Eating this astragalus also has the effect of beauty. Most people choose to stew it with soup when eating it. Eating astragalus does not have to be taken as medicine. In fact, stewing it into a tonic is also very good for the body. So what are the effects of this traditional Chinese medicine astragalus?

Astragalus Effects:

Enhance nonspecific immune function

Astragalus can significantly increase the total number of white blood cells in the blood and promote the phagocytic function and bactericidal ability of neutrophils and macrophages.

Giving mice some medicine boiled with Astragalus membranaceus can significantly increase the activity of NK cells in their spleen, and this process occurs simultaneously with the induction of interferon.

Effects of Astragalus

Astragalus polysaccharides can also stimulate the proliferation of NK cells and enlarge the cell body. The promoting effect of Astragalus on NK cell activity is mainly mediated by inducing lymphocytes to produce 7-interferon, and the promoting effect of Astragalus on NK cell activity is parallel to its induced antiviral activity.

Astragalus can also induce the production of gamma-interferon when cultured with mouse spleen cells in vitro. Administration of astragalus decoction and astragalus polysaccharide to mice with spleen deficiency caused by rhubarb can restore their spleen's ability to produce IL-2. Astragalus can also enhance the responsiveness of peripheral blood lymphocytes to IL-2, thereby increasing the proliferation index of peripheral blood lymphocytes after being stimulated by IL-2.

Enhance specific immune function

Astragalus can significantly enhance cellular immunity and promote the transformation of lymphocytes caused by PHA, COnA, and PWM (Pokeweed). Huangmao increases the amount of hemolysin released by spleen antibody-producing cells and serum lysozyme in mice irradiated with 6OCo once. It has different degrees of promoting or enhancing effects on delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions, the rosette rate of erythrocyte C3b receptor, and the rosette formation rate of erythrocyte-immune complexes.

In addition, although ingredients such as astragalus polysaccharides extracted from astragalus have significant immune-enhancing effects, ingredients with strong immunosuppressive effects are also extracted from astragalus.

Increase the hematocrit of red blood cells and increase the number of red blood cells

Astragalus polysaccharide can increase the hematocrit of normal rats and increase the number of red blood cells. In rats or mice with blood deficiency syndrome model, Astragalus and Astragalus polysaccharide can increase the hematocrit or hemoglobin content. Astragalus can also prevent and treat the decrease in the total number of leukocytes in the peripheral blood and the number of nucleated cells in the bone marrow of mice caused by radiation, and can promote the differentiation and proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells.

Through the above introduction, we know the role and efficacy of the traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus. Astragalus has outstanding therapeutic effects on the body. However, when choosing Astragalus to treat diseases, you also need to choose the best way to take Astragalus under the guidance of a doctor. When treating diseases, Astragalus can also be combined with Angelica as a medicine for treatment. Astragalus and Angelica also have the effect of replenishing qi and blood.