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Astragalus, the name of Chinese herbal medicine. This product is the root of Astragalus mongolicus, a leguminous plant. Excavate in spring and autumn, remove the soil, fibrous roots and roots, and sun to 60 to 70% dry, straighten the bundle and dry. The main functions are: invigorating qi and consolidating the surface, supporting toxin and expelling pus, diuresis and muscle growth. It is used for qi deficiency, fatigue, chronic diarrhea, prolapse of the anus, spontaneous sweating, edema, uterine prolapse, chronic nephritis, proteinuria, diabetes, and long-term unhealed sores.
People are now paying more and more attention to their own health, and health preservation has also received more attention from Chinese people. Astragalus extract can enhance immunity, enhance energy, and resist fatigue. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Astragalus has the effects of replenishing qi and promoting yang, strengthening the surface and antiperspirant, supporting toxins and purging pus, promoting hydration, reducing swelling, and strengthening sore muscles. Astragalus can significantly promote the normal body's antibody production function. Astragalus shows a variety of physiological activities in humoral immunity, enhancing the phagocytic activity of monocytes and macrophages, releasing immunologically active substances to somatic cells and natural killer cells, inducing interferons and interleukins.
Morphological characteristics: Perennial herb. The stem is erect, with branches on the upper part. Odd-pinnate compound leaves alternate with 12 to 18 pairs of leaflets; leaflets are broadly oval or elliptic, and the underside is pilose; stipules are lanceolate. Racemes are axillary; calyx is campanulate, densely pubescent, with 5 calyx teeth; corolla yellow, flag petals oblong obovate, wings and keel petals have long claws; stamens 10, disomy; ovary with long stalks . The pods are membranous, semi-ovate, and glabrous. Flowering from June to July, fruiting from July to September.
Astragalus polysaccharide is a class of substances with strong immunological activity in Astragalus. It can enhance the phagocytic function of phagocytes. From the weight of spleen and thymus, hemolysin, hemagglutinin and the total number of spleen cells and plaque forming cells, it can be seen that astragalus polysaccharides, Red Qi polysaccharides can completely and partially antagonize the immunosuppressive effects of cyclic phosphate amine or prednisolone. Its effect of enhancing the immune function of human blood lymphocytes may be the result of partially reducing the activity of suppressor T cells.
