Pinyin Name: Huang Qi
English Name: Astragalus root
Properties: sweet, slightly warm
Channels Entered: Lungs, Spleen

• Spleen qi deficiency
• Fatigue and tired extremities
• Loose stools or diarrhea
• Spleen yang deficiency

• Qi and blood deficiency characterized by shortness of breath and pale face
• Hematemesis, hematochezia and profuse menstrual bleeding

• Spontaneous perspiration because of exterior defieciency
• Spontaneous perspiration with aversion to wind, weak pulse and frequent contraction of bacterial and viral infections
• Profuse perspiration and extreme fatigue due to yang deficiency
• Night sewating due to qi and yin deficiencies

• Chronic non-ulcerating sores with pus
• Chronic sores withe underlying deficiency
• Flat, chrnoic sores and non-healing ulcers
• Qi deficiency lesions in children

• Edema, heavy senssations of the body, spontaneous perspiration
• Aversin to winf because of accumulation of water
• Superficial edema vause by yang deficiency
• Chronic nephritis

• Skin an dmuscle numbness and pain caused by qi and blood deficiencies
• Numbness and pain in the extremeties due to deficiency at ying (nutritive) and wei (defense) levels and accumulation of wind and dampness
• Post stroke complications

• Xiao ke syndrome without interior heat
• Xiao ke syndrome with interior heat

• The use of Huan Qi is contraindicated when pathogens are present at exterior levels of the body
• It is contraindicated in cases characterized by an excess of qi, such as found in anger due to Liver qi stagnation
• It is contraindicated in internal heat, excess fire or deficiency and cold of the lower jiao
• It is contraindicated with sores and lesions caused by heat in the blood
• It is contraindicated in cases of stagnation.
• Pregnant women in the third trimester should use Huang Qi with caution. It has a diuretic effect and long term use may decrease the quantity of amniotic fluid.