Hey Everyone, I see that this thread has been a little slow as of late. I wanted to post and discuss my experiences with Astragalus only relying on what I have seen while experiment with astragalus root powder.
I began taking astragalus root powder 3 months ago for anti aging and general health benefits. over the course of 3 months I have titrated up to over 75 grams of astragalus powder each day in hot or cold water depending on my mood. I usually split the 75 grams in 3 or 4 doses through the day and attempt not eating within 1 hour of ingesting the astragalus mxture.
The first week I started taking astragalus powder I ingested 33 grams a day because I have heard that this was the maximum doses used in traditional chinese herbal therapies. every few weeks I have increased the dose several grams until I hit 75 grams/day about 1 month ago. There was a point sometime during upping my dosage in the first few weeks where I felt extremely tired and at sometimes even had nausea and blurred vision in the evening. I contemplated stopping or reducing the dosage, but the carless person I am at times decided to push through and keep upping the dosage each week. After a little time those feelings passed.
So far what I have noticed by taking this dose over the course of time has been somewhat significant, I noticed the pimples and acne on my back that I have had since my teenage years have completely disappeared. That is not to say that they were overly severe but they were noticeable. Also, I have had mild to moderate dandruff since my teens and that has almost completely gone as well. All of the skin on my body has become completely smooth. I am still young (26) but my skin has become smoother than I every remember feeling it. Almost unnaturally supple. I believe slightly thicker around my eyes and other areas. I have had minor dark circles since my childhood. They are still present but reduced.
As for energy, I have more focused energy and besides those few weeks where I was extremely fatigued,(maybe a result of low blood sugar from the high doses of astragalus), the energy is calm and lasting.
I have noticed that through out taking astragalus I have a lot of mucus being churned up in my body. I have coughed up alot the first few months. that was followed by coughing a little up each day even until this day. Keep in mind that I have never been a smoker. I never felt sick while caoughing up the mucus, it just felt like there was always something in my respiratory tract. Now that is almost gone, but still present to a degree.
One other interesting thing that has happened is that some of the hairs on my arms have been growing longer and have gained some very thin fuzz like hairs on my arms as well. Before I started taking astrgalus my head of hair was good but, I think it could have been healthier, not to say i was getting bald but my doet although not horrible had not been the greatest for the past year or so. It seems like after taking astragalus my hair on my head especially has been becoming slightly thicker and fuller and more coarse.
One mistake I did make was this. I did not drink enough water and I suffered a great deal for a few weeks. Astragalus is a diuretic and for a while I think i was dehydrated, but that all came to a head when I helped a friend do landscaping in severe heat. My arms and feet had severe rashes as well as a part of my nether region. after a week the sking turned from red to dry and cracking on those parts of my body. it took a while for the rash to go away but once it did the dry skin stayed for several weeks. My feet cracked and i was barely able to walk for 2 weeks and it is still healing now. I realized that Iw ant not hydrating enough and this was the cause. Now I am almost all better and still talking the same dose as before.
For now this is all that I can say about my experience with astragalus. I would like to hear some responses from people on this forum and see their opinions on my self experiement.
Will report back soon.
