Astragali

Astragali , Astragalus Common English Name: Milk Vetch Root Specification: whole roots, slices ,cuts, powder etc.

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