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<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="164.39734117240906" >Alternative Medicine Review</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="g_font_p0_1" data-canvas-width="114.13333877563475" >olume 8, Number 1</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="g_font_p0_12" data-canvas-width="304.72209674072263" >Astragulus membranaceus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="g_font_p0_12" data-canvas-width="129.86400884628299" >Monograph</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="336.448" >Astragalus membranaceus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="91.67200624465941" >Description</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="159.30347011947637" >Astragalus membranaceus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="35.74853410816192" >(Latin</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="169.86053701496127" >membranous milk-vetch root</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="420.9920091247557" >(English), huang qi (Chinese), ogi (Japanese), and hwanggi (Korean) is</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="425.9053425645826" >one of the important “Qi tonifying” adaptogenic herbs from the Chinese</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="222.10173814725877" >materia medica. The Chinese species</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="89.17333526611328" >membranaceus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="86.93666855096818" >and the related</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="208.11853784418108" >A. membranaceus var mongholicus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="66.60866811037063" >(synonym:</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="75.44533496856691" >mongholicus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="296.06573975038526" >Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="54.98533452510834" >as Radix</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="405.3954754533767" >Astragali. It has been prescribed for centuries for general weakness,</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="417.3722757129669" >chronic illnesses, and to increase overall vitality. The genus Astragalus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="621.2506801319123" >is a very large group of more than 2,000 species distributed worldwide, and is commonly known as milk-</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="626.7125469169619" >etch root. Currently, much of the pharmacological research on Astragalus is focused on its immune-stimu-</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="612.4800132751465" >lating polysaccharides and other active ingredients useful in treating immune deficiency conditions. As-</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="607.3026798295972" >tragalus has demonstrated a wide range of potential therapeutic applications in immunodeficiency syn-</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="614.254679980278" >dromes, as an adjunct cancer therapy, and for its adaptogenic effect on the heart and kidneys. Astragalus</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="601.9082797126769" >root has been used to promote immune function and as a tonic to build stamina. Ancient Chinese texts</div>

<div dir="ltr" data-font-name="Times" data-canvas-width="395.5776085739136" >record the use of Astragalus for tonifying the spleen, blood, and qi</div>

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