Mark Tierno's Medicinal Herbs Database |
Astragalus (Huang Qi) |
Botanical Name |
Astragalus, Membranaceus, various species |
System Affected |
energizer, circulation, hypertension, weight loss |
Properties |
Increses energy reserves, expecially in legs and arms. Keeps body warm in cold. immune system, infections, HIV, viral infections myasthenia gravis, peripheral vascular disease whole body tonic age and stress resistance weight loss asthma, hay fever cardiac arrhythmia pneumonia |
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Notes |
also known as Chinese Milkvetch |
Toxicity |
none |
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