黄芪RadixAstragaliEnglishNameMilkvetchRoot,OriginsPlantMorphologyCollectionandPreparationProductionandCommerceDescriptionMicroscopicalCharactersChemicalConstituentsPhysicalandChemicalIdentificationPharmacologyActionIndication,Maincontents,Huangqi(黄芪)isalsocalledhuangqi(黄耆)andwasfirstrecordedinShenNongBenCaoJingasasuperiorherb.AccordingtoLiShizhen,theChinesenamehuangqi(黄耆)consistsofhuang(黄)andqi(耆),huangmeaningyellow,andqimeaning“leader”.Itisoneofthemostimportanttonicherbs,andthatiswhyitwasgivent