A 50-year-old woman wants to maintain her health. She drinks astragalus soaked in water every day, three times a day. What happened afterward?

For middle-aged and elderly people, the concept of traditional Chinese medicine health has been repeatedly emphasized, and many people will buy traditional Chinese medicines and eat them, hoping to get many benefits from it. Aunt Li is 50 years old this year, and she bought some Astragalus to soak in water. Astragalus can play a role in invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, and can also improve human immunity.

Moreover, her own physique is relatively weak, and she hopes that drinking some astragalus water can be rewarded. I drink astragalus soaked in water three times a day. After a month, not only did I not feel my body getting better, but I had symptoms such as getting angry, yellow urine, and insomnia. why?

Is Astragalus not suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to maintain health?

In fact, the root of the problem is not astragalus, but how it is consumed. Within a month, if you drink more astragalus water every day, even if you are healthy, you will not be able to stand the effect of this medicine. Astragalus itself is very helpful to the human body, it can replenish qi, replenish qi, and strengthen the body. The human body can enhance immunity and fight diseases.

Astragalus water also contains some factors that inhibit inflammation, which can play an anti-inflammatory effect and also help some patients. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is also found that Astragalus has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. For middle-aged and elderly people, the blood metabolism is slow, and the blood pressure is too much waste, and the blood will become sticky. Drinking some astragalus water properly can also clear the blood vessels and promote blood circulation.

If you have high blood sugar, high blood fat and other problems, you can also insist on drinking astragalus water, which may have the effect of lowering blood fat and blood sugar, and also avoid damage to human organs due to the deterioration of the disease.

Therefore, it is not that middle-aged and elderly people cannot drink astragalus water, but that Ms. Lu drinks it wrong. Taking a large amount of astragalus for a long time will also cause some adverse changes in the body.

Astragalus is a kind of warming and tonic Chinese medicine, which is good for people with physical weakness, but drinking astragalus water every day is likely to cause anger, and the body is hot, causing the skin to be prone to acne, and it will also cause acne. Insomnia, dry mouth and other problems, for women, long-term drinking of astragalus water will also lead to increased menstruation, prolonged cycle and other problems. Before taking astragalus for health, be sure to understand the requirements and contraindications of taking it.

How to drink astragalus to reap the benefits?

Astragalus has a good health effect, but in moderation. It is recommended to drink astragalus in water every time, not more than 15 grams, preferably 5-10 grams, about 100 ml. Steep in boiling water for 10-20 minutes to fully release the resistance. A cup of astragalus water can be brewed 2-3 times repeatedly, and at the same time, it can better protect blood vessels.

But I want to remind everyone that astragalus soaked in water is not suitable for drinking every day, and drinking it often can easily cause anger and discomfort, just like Ms. Lu. And overnight astragalus water is also not suitable for drinking, because it is likely to have been infected with many bacteria.

People with contraindications to drinking astragalus should also know in advance. People who are in the stage of fever, cold and flu should not drink astragalus water, which will increase the anger in the body, causing pain, thick and yellow nasal discharge and other problems. Moreover, women during pregnancy or pregnancy may also cause endometriosis and even miscarriage due to the effect of astragalus in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

It is very common to maintain health in the way of traditional Chinese medicine. It is also commonly used astragalus. But some people can benefit from it, some people can only eat more and eat less, the question is whether there is a way to find each other. Understand the taboos of astragalus and drink astragalus water correctly, which is more beneficial to the human body.