Definition:

In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Huang Qi belongs to category of herbs that supplement/tonify, and the sub-category of herbs that tonify qi.

Taste: sweet
Temperature: slightly warm
Channels Entered: Lung, Spleen

Actions:
(1) Tonifies the Spleen & Lung qi, raises the yang, contains the blood.
(2) Augments the protective qi, stops sweating.
(3) Promotes urination, reduces edema.
(4) Promotes discharge of pus, generates flesh.

Also Known As:

Common Name: Yellow Milk-Vetch Root
Pharmaceutical: Radix Astragali Membranaceus
Botanical: Astragalus