The application discloses a new medical application of
astragaloside, in particular, a new medical application of
astragaloside in enhancing the anti-
enterovirus 71 type of
curcumin. Researches show that EV71 infection causes the activity of human normal GES-1 cells to decrease, and the use of
curcumin in the infected cells needs to reach a certain concentration to show obvious antiviral effect, and the use of
astragaloside and
curcumin in combination can show better antiviral effect under the use of lower concentration of curcumin, and the role of astragaloside in enhancing the anti-EV71 of curcumin is determined, and a foundation is laid for the combination of astragaloside and curcumin in preventing and treating hand-foot-mouth
disease caused by EV71 infection.