Astragalus root to treat CFS/long covid.
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Aug 2025
Summary
Astragalus root taken off and on, as needed, for almost a year. She has long-standing ME/CFS with a limited energy envelope and post-exertional malaise. She reports it helped a separate post-infection fatigue flare linked to elevated IL-6 within a day or two of starting. She explicitly states astragalus has done nothing for her core ME/CFS symptoms, meaning no change to her baseline energy envelope or PEM. No relapse language applies since no core benefit occurred, and she describes only situational, not regular, use going forward.
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