Astragali
Latin Plant Name : Astragali; Astragalus
Common English Name: Milk Vetch Root
Part of Plant Used :Root
Nature :Slightly warm
Taste :Sweet
Meridians Entered :Spleen, Lungs
Common Usages :
Most often used to stimulate immune-system function and enhance or speed healing and/or draining where there is edema, pus formation, or chronic ulceration (TCM: treats deficienry ofQi and most other deficient conditions except deficient-yin syndromes with heat signs); also used to treat debilitating excessive sweating with accompanying weakness (TCM: tonifies Qi and helps close pores).
Traditional Usages and Functions:
Tonifies Spleen and benefits Qi; raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach; strengthens the exterior (the body's first line of defense) and stops sweating; promotes urination and removes edema; promotes healing and discharge of pus; tonifies Qi and Blood.
Specification: whole roots, slices ,cuts, powder etc.
Astragali