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huang qi 黃耆 also written as 黃芪

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
herb plant
huang qi is more commonly prescribed as bei qi ,
meaning 'northern huang qi'. Northern huang qi is considered to be better; but usually the herb stores do not differentiate them.
Pharmaceutical name:
英文藥名：
Radix astragali
Latin botanical name:
拉丁名：
Astragalus henryi Oliv.
Astragalus hoantchy Franch.
Astragalus menbranaceus Fisch.
Astragalus mongholicus Bunge
Pron. in Japanese:
日語發音：
ogi
Pron. in Korean:
韓語發音:
hwanggi
Pron. in Cantonese:
粵語發音：
wong4 kei4
Common Name:
英文名：
Astragalus root
Distribution:
產地：
Mainly produced in Shanxi, heilongjiang provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also produce in jilin, Gansu, hebei, Shaanxi and northeastern part of China.
主產於山西，黑龍江，內蒙。吉林，甘肅，陜西，東北亦有生產。
Properties (characteristics)：
性味：
tastes slightly sweet and has almost no smell
微甘，幾乎沒有氣味。
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經：
lung and spleen.
肺，脾。
Actions & Indications:
主治：
In qixu (qi deficient) , pixu (spleen deficient) and yangxu (yang deficient), weakness and fatigue, numbness of limb, morbidity after stroke, sweating, promoting pus discharge and tissue regeneration. Promotes diuresis to reduce edema. Treatment of diabetes. Treatment of xinyangxu (heart yang deficient) and shenyangxu.
用於氣虛，脾虛，陽虛，心陽虛，腎陽虛，體弱疲倦，肢體麻木，中風後遺癥，自汗，糖尿病。可幫助排膿，生肌。利尿消腫。
Medical Function:
藥理：
lowering blood pressure, vaso-dilation

prolonging diuretic effect

lessening proteinuria

improving endurance

protecting liver function

regulate blood sugar

降血壓，擴張血管

延長利尿作用

減輕蛋白尿

增進耐力

保護肝臟功能

調整血糖
Chemical ingredients:
化學成分：
1. Astralagus menbranaceus, (Fisch.) Beg.
astragaloside I, astragaloside II, daucosterol, beta-sitosterol, palmitic acid, sucrose [1]. Astragalus saponin A,B,C. Astramenbrangenin was obtained after oxidization of astralagus menbranaceus saponinby Smith. [2].
2',4'-dihydroxy-5, 6-dimethoxyisof lavane, kumatakenin, choline, betaine, folic acid [3,4], calyxosin, formononetin, cycloastragenol, astragaloside I,II,III,IV [5], and antibacterial ingredient, L-3-hydroxy-9-methoxpterocarpan[6].
2. Astragalus mongholicus (Beg) Hsiao
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Dosage per day:
每日用量：
6-10 g
6～10 克。
Samples of formulae:
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang 補中益氣湯﹐
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang 十全大補湯,
Gui Pi Tang 歸脾湯,
Yu Ping Feng San, 玉屏風散
Modern Research:
現代研究：
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Cautions:
禁忌：
There are many varieties of astragalus. Some are toxic. The varieties used in Chinese herbal medicine is relatively safe but in rare cases it might cause rash.
黃芪有多種。有些有毒。中藥用的種類是相當安全的，但在很少情形下曾有發生皮疹。

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