Astragalus
astragalus membranaceus
Huang Qi, the yellow root of Chinese medicine, whose astragalosides help heart muscle keep its shape and strength under strain, a reading drawn at review level.
What the evidence shows
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The immune root appears here for sugar: less glucose poured out by the liver, better insulin response, fewer sugar-stiffened proteins, stronger beta cells.
A root prized in Chinese medicine for millennia, astragalus steadies the kidney's delicate filtering membrane so protein stays in the blood, not the urine.
Its antiviral effect was measured as viral material recovered from the heart itself.
In a triple-blind trial of 64 people, post-COVID chronic fatigue fell to 13.8% against 80% on placebo. Immune-stimulating: take care with immunosuppressants.
Astragaloside IV shores up the retina's finest vessels, curbing the leakage high glucose provokes.
The root of a Mongolian milkvetch, simmered in Chinese household soups for centuries, and the herb most often reached for when the point is to hold a season rather than to fix a day.
In mice, this staple tonic root roused the immune system's standing patrol, and in laboratory cells it turned down FLI1, a master switch of blood-cell growth.
A systematic review pooling human and animal evidence; in animals it lowered viral load in heart muscle itself.
Astragaloside IV lowered NLRP3/IL6/TNF-alpha in granulosa cells and restored ovarian function via PPAR-gamma in two independent PCOS models.
Astragalus membranaceus protects the irradiated kidney.
Huáng Qí, the premier Qi and immune tonic; its astragalosides support endurance and cellular resilience in human work.
Astragalus flavonoids lift mood in animal models by calming the stress-hormone axis, lowering an excitatory brain signal and helping rebuild the insulating sheath around nerve fibers.
Where it appears
15 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.
- ACB (Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Restraint)
- Anti-Fatigue (Cellular Energy Endurance)
- EKG Cardioprotective (Contractile Reserve)
- Female Fertility (Oocyte Competence)
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Glucose Blocker (Postprandial Control)
- Jing Force (Kidney Restoration)
- Lung Power (Respiratory Capacity)
- Male Fertility (Seminal Quality)
- Myocarditis Antidote (Cardiac Inflammation Resolution)
- NAD+ Booster (Cellular Energy Currency)
- Nebula (Warrior Mode Rocket Fuel)
- Ocular (Retinal & Macular Support)
- Trinity (Mind Body Spirit Harmonizer)
- Victorious (Antiviral Immunity)