Astragalus

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Astragalus membranaceus (scientific name: Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge) is a leguminous astragalus plant, also known as northeast astragalus membranaceus, Mianqi, membranous astragalus, etc. it is a perennial herb with a height of 50-100cm. The main root is thick, gray white. The stem is erect, the upper part is multi-branched, finely ribbed, and white pilose; The pinnately compound leaves have 13-27 leaflets, and the petiole is 0.5-1cm long. Stipules free, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, with white pilose or nearly glabrous below. Racemes slightly dense, with 10-20 flowers, total pedicels nearly equal in length or longer with leaves, significantly elongated in fruit, corolla yellow or pale yellow, the limb is oblong; the pods are thin, slightly swollen, semi-ellipsoid, with a sharp tip; flowering period 6-8 months, fruit 7-9 months.
Astragalus has medicinal value. According to the records in Chinese Pharmacopoeia and Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Astragalus has the functions of invigorating qi and promoting yang, solidifying the surface and relieving sweat, promoting water and reducing swelling, promoting fluid and nourishing blood, promoting stagnation and relieving arthralgia, supporting toxin and discharging pus, collecting sores and generating muscle, and treating all the syndromes of qi deficiency and blood deficiency, it can be used to treat qi deficiency and fatigue, loose stool, subsidence of middle qi, chronic diarrhea and rectocele, hematochezia meandor, superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating, edema, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and chlorosis, hemiplegia, paralysis and numbness, carbuncle difficult to collapse, long-term collapse, lung deficiency cough, etc.

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