"Tea is nothing other than this: Heat the water, prepare the tea and drink it with propriety. That is all you need to know."
- Sen Rikyu, 16th Century Oriental Tea Master

Astragalus Tea Benefits have been in the consciousness of many Asian medicine experts for centuries. In fact, astragalus is known as a chief energy tonic in traditional Asian medicine.

The official name of astragalus is astragalus membranaceus, but is known as huang qi in Chinese, ogi in Japanese and hwanggi in Korean.

The root of the astragalus plant is used to make astragalus tea. Among its beneficial constituents are astragalosides and other immunostimulant polysaccharides, beta-sitosterol, flavonoids, and trace minerals like selenium.

• Astragalus Tea may help improve the functions of the lungs, thereby help treat such ailments as bronchitis, pneumonia and whooping cough.

• Astragalus Tea may help in the overall efforts to treat ulcers and tumors in the stomach.

• Astragalus Tea may help reduce fatigue.

• Astragalus Tea may help promote healing of wounds.

• Astragalus Tea may help strengthen the immune system.

• Astragalus Tea may help remove fluid from the body.

• Astragalus Tea may have potential in treatment of heart problems.