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Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) P. K. Hsiao
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English Name |
Mongol Milkvetch, Mongolian Milkvetch, Inner Mongolian Milkvetch |
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Latin name |
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) P. K. Hsiao |
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Family & Genus |
Fabaceae, Astragalus |
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Description |
Perennial herbs, 50-80cm tall. Main root deep, long and stout, rodshape, slightl woody. Stem erect, upper mostly branched, long pubescence. Odd-pinnate compound leaves alternate; leaflets 12-18 pairs, leaflets wide-elliptic, 5-10mm long, 3-5mm wide, apex obtuse and acute, with small cusps, base margin entire, margin entire, dense white long pubescence; stipules lanceolate. Racemes axillary, with 10-25 flowers, loosely arranged; bracts linear-lanceolate; small peduncles with black seta; calyx campanulate, calyx teeth 5, very short, with black short hairs or black pubescence only on margin of calyx teeth; corolla pale yellow, papilionaceous, ca. 16mm long, vexillum oblong-obovoid, apex slightly concave, winged stem and tropis both with long claws, base long stalk-like; stamens 10, diadelphous; ovary stalk long, smooth and glabrous, style glabrous. Pod membranous, bulging, ovate-oblong, 1.1-1.5cm long, glabrous, apex with beak and prominent netted strips. Seeds 5-6, black, reniform. Flowering: June to July; fruiting: August to September. |
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Distribution |
Growing on mountain slopes, ditch sides or in thin forests. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei and etc. The medicinal materials are mainly produced in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Hebei and etc. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: roots. Chinese name: Huangqi. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Excavated in spring and summer. Removed fibrous roots and root ends, sun-dried; or bevel into thick slices and dried. |
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Chemistry |
Mainly contains astragaloside I, II, IV and soyasaponin, etc. |
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Pharmacology |
Influential on immune system, body metabolization, hematopoietic function and cardiovascular system, anti-viral and anti-cancer. |
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Properties & Actions |
Sweet, warm.Raw used: tonifying qi and strengthening exterior, inducing urination, detoxifying, discharging pus, curing wound and promoting tissue regeneration. Heated use: tonifying the center for benefiting qi. |
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Indications & Usage |
Fresh herb: deficiency of vital energy causing general weakness, anorexia and loose stools, collapse of middle-warmer energy, anal prolapse due to long term diarrhea, hemafecia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, continuous persipiration due to superficial asthenia, edema due to deficiency of vital energy, persistent superficial infection, persistent ulcers, hematasthenic flaccidity, feverish dysphoria and diabetes, albuminuria due to chronic nephritis, diabetes. Prepared in honey: deficiency of vital energy and debilitation, anorexia and loose stools.Internal: decocting, 9-30g; or made as plaster, powdered, pills. Not use in case of deficiency of yin and excess yang. |
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Examples |
1. Spontaneous perspiration: divaricate saposhnikovia root and milkvetch 1 liang each, largehead atractylodes 2 liang. Decoct 3 qian each time with a cup of water and a half, three pieces of ginger, and swallow.
2. Treat diabetes: milkvetch 3 liang, poria with hostwood 3 liang, snakegourd 3 liang, ural licorice (stirred) 3 liang, tuber of dwarf lilyturf (removing cores) 3 liang, dried rehmannia 5 liang. Cut the above 6 drugs, add 8 sheng water, decoct to 2.5 sheng. Drink in 3 sips. Avoid fructus ulmi macrocarpae preparatus, acid food, algae, pakchoi seedling. Take 1 dose a day, and 10 doses continuously.
3. Treat superficial infection after pus discharged, ulcer which can not be cured: milkvetch 3 qian, ginseng 3 qian, ural licorice 2 qian, Chinese magnoliavine 1 qian, fresh ginger 3 qian, tuckahoo 3 qian, oyster 3 qian. Decoct in half a big cup of water, warm up and swallow. |
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