Basic meaning: Qi

1, (Astragalus membranaceus) is a perennial herb with stems lying on the ground and roots that can be used as medicine. Also known as "Huang Qi".

2. (Qi Mu) is a perennial herb with slender leaves and lavender flowers, also known as "Anemarrhena asphodeloides".

Sound and form. "Shi" means "base", "fundamental" and "receiving". "Rice" and "stone" together mean "deeply rooted herbs".

Original meaning: Herbs whose roots are deeper than the ground. Specifically: Astragalus, a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine plant.

Extended data:

The role of astragalus:

1, enhancing the body's ability to resist hypoxia and stress.

Astragalus polysaccharide has obvious anti-fatigue effect, can significantly prolong the swimming time and increase the weight of adrenaline in mice exhausted by hydrocortisone, has obvious tolerance to various hypoxia models in mice, can significantly reduce the whole body oxygen consumption and increase the hypoxia tolerance of tissues. Astragalus polysaccharide has obvious low temperature tolerance and can obviously prolong the anti-survival time of normal and weak mice.

2. Promote body metabolism

Astragalus can enhance the physiological metabolism of cells, which may be achieved by regulating intracellular cAMP and cGMP. Astragalus membranaceus can also promote protein renewal of serum and liver, and promote protein metabolism, which may be another important aspect of Astragalus membranaceus' righting effect.

3. Improve heart function

Astragalus can strengthen the contraction of normal heart, especially for heart failure caused by poisoning or fatigue, which can increase the contraction range of heart and increase the output of blood. 100% astragalus injection can enhance and accelerate the contraction of isolated heart. Astragalus membranaceus can improve the left ventricular function of patients with viral myocarditis and has certain antiarrhythmic effect, which may be caused by prolonging the effective refractory period.

4, antihypertensive effect

Subcutaneous or intravenous injection of Astragalus membranaceus decoction, water extract and alcohol extract can reduce blood pressure, and the effect is rapid and the duration is short. The hypotensive effect is the result of directly dilating peripheral blood vessels. Injecting Astragalus Injection into visceral vessels such as coronary artery, vertebral artery, superior mesenteric artery, cerebrovascular and intestinal vessels in experimental dogs can reduce vascular resistance index.

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