Atractylodes is a plant of the genus Atractylodes in the Asteraceae family. It is a relatively common Chinese herbal medicine. So, are you all very curious to know what functions it has and how to eat it? Don’t worry, Let me take you to read the following article, and you will know!
Effects of Atractylodes: Remove dampness, strengthen the spleen, dispel rheumatism, and relieve external symptoms.
It has an obvious aromatic smell, first of all it is an aromatic dehumidifying medicine. Dehumidify. It is also a medicine with obvious bitter taste and strong drying property, so it is also a bitter-warming and damp-drying medicine, and its bitter-warming and damp-drying power is stronger than aromatic dampness-drying medicine. Removes dampness and strengthens the spleen. Mainly used to treat resistance due to dampness and turbidity (commonly used and main medicine). Why is it important? Because it has a strong effect of resolving dampness and removing dampness, which can eliminate dampness and turbidity in the middle burner. At the same time, it has a certain effect on strengthening the spleen, and strengthening the spleen and stomach is also conducive to the transportation, transformation and elimination of dampness and turbidity. If dampness blocks the middle Jiao, regardless of the deficiency or excess of cold or heat, you can use Pingwei Powder (Atractylodes lancea as the king medicine). If the cold evil is more severe, add some warming Chinese medicine; if the dampness and heat are more severe, add heat-clearing and damp-heat medicine ( Coptis chinensis, scutellaria baicalensis, etc.); for spleen deficiency, use spleen-strengthening and dehumidifying drugs such as Atractylodes macrocephala, ginseng to strengthen the spleen, or Poria cocos. It can also be used for phlegm, edema, etc. caused by dampness blocking the middle burner. Because the middle Jiao with dampness blockage often has Qi blockage, Atractylodes itself cannot move Qi, so Qi-moving medicines (Magnolia officinalis and dried tangerine peel, which are dampness-drying medicines that enhance the effectiveness and promote Qi) must be added. Strengthens the spleen. It is used for spleen deficiency syndrome, in which the spleen loses its health and function. But nowadays, not many people use Atractylodes for pure spleen deficiency, because it has no advantages compared with Atractylodes. Why choose Atractylodes for spleen deficiency, and choose Atractylodes for those with excessive dampness and turbidity? Remove rheumatism. It is warm in nature and is a medicine for dispelling wind-dampness and dispersing cold. It is suitable for rheumatism and cold paralysis. It has an important feature: it is good at removing dampness (dampness and dispelling rheumatism). It is the most important and best indication for wind-cold paralysis. Damp arthralgia due to excessive dampness and turbidity turns into damp-heat arthralgia due to heat. Atractylodes also has obvious curative effect and is also commonly used (in combination with the heat-clearing medicine Cortex Phellodendron). It can also be combined with the heat-clearing medicine gypsum, anemarrhena, coix seed, etc. for damp-heat syndrome. Trachelospermum, Radix Genidi, and Fangji learned earlier can all be used together to treat damp-heat syndrome, redness, swelling and pain in joints. Disperse wind and cold. It is used for external syndromes of wind-cold, which is better for those with dampness and turbidity and middle obstruction. It can treat the external and internal symptoms at the same time. Improve eyesight and treat night blindness (a condition caused by insufficient vitamin A in food, and in severe cases, corneal softening. It has no practical clinical value now, because this disease is almost gone).
1. Dry dampness and strengthen the spleen, used for syndrome of dampness and moderate heat. This product is good at drying spleen dampness, and is most suitable for symptoms such as epigastric distension, loss of appetite, fatigue in vomiting and diarrhea, and white and greasy tongue coating caused by dampness blocking the middle burner and spleen malfunction. It is often combined with magnolia bark, tangerine peel, etc., such as Pingwei powder. If you have damp-heat or damp-warm syndrome, use it with heat-clearing medicine to remove dampness and clear away heat. It can also be used if there are symptoms such as phlegm, excessive dampness and edema.
2. Expelling rheumatism, used for wind-cold dampness, swelling and pain in the feet and knees, flaccidity and weakness, etc. This product is pungent, warm and dry, can dispel rheumatism, and is suitable for treating paralysis syndromes where cold and dampness are dominant. Because it can also produce sweat, it is also suitable for patients with external syndromes, excessive wind, cold, dampness, and severe limb pain. It can be combined with Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Asarum, etc. If there is dampness and heat, swelling and pain in the feet and knees, flaccidity and weakness, it should be combined with Cortex Phellodendron and used with cold and warm medicine, that is, Ermiao Powder.
3. Improve eyesight, used for night blindness and blurred vision. It can be used alone or eaten with steamed pork liver or lamb liver.
Effects of Atractylodes (pharmacology): Atractylodes contains volatile oil, the main component of which is a mixed crystal of atractylol and atractylol; it also contains a small amount of atractylone and vitamin A. It has the effects of fumigation, disinfection, hypoglycemia, sedation, hepatoprotective, choleretic, and anti-ulcer effects. Vitamin A can prevent night blindness and corneal softening caused by vitamin A deficiency. Atractylodes alcohol and atractylol are active antiviral ingredients.
1. Atractylodes contains volatile oil, the main component of which is atractylol (a mixed crystal of eucalyptol and atractylol); others also contain atractylone, vitamin A-like substances, vitamin B and Inulin etc. Atractylodes volatile oil has stomachic, sedative, hypoglycemic, potassium and sodium excretion and antibacterial effects on experimental animals.
Its volatile oil has obvious resistance to intestinal spasm caused by the parasympathetic nerve medium acetylcholine; for rabbit intestinal muscle relaxation caused by the sympathetic nerve medium epinephrine, Atractylodes herb preparation can promote amplitude recovery; at the same time, it can fight against intestinal spasm caused by hydrochloric acid by fighting the effect of choline. Rat acute gastritis and gastric ulcer in rats caused by pyloric ligation. Atractylodes volatile oil has a sedative effect on the central nervous system in small doses and hyperreflexia in the spinal cord; in large doses it has an inhibitory effect. Atractylodes alcohol can promote gastrointestinal motility and also has a weak contraction effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Atractylodes decoction has a hypoglycemic effect on experimental alloxan diabetic animals, and has the effect of excreting sodium and potassium, but has no urinary effect; its active ingredient, vitamin A-like substance, can treat night blindness and corneal softening caused by vitamin A deficiency. Atractylodes fumigation disinfection has a significant killing effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but the decoction has no antibacterial effect.
2. "The Classic" only talks about "shu" but does not distinguish between pale and white. Tao Hongjing pointed out that there are two types of art: Atractylodes macrocephala and Chishu atractylodes. Chishu is the atractylodes of Atractylodes. It was not until "Zhenglei Materia Medica" that Atractylodes was named. Those who use "shu" in ancient prescriptions should use Atractylodes macrocephala or Atractylodes macrocephala instead, depending on the specific disease syndrome.
3. Atractylodes atractylodes and Atractylodes atractylodes are both authentic medicinal materials of Atractylodes. Among them, Atractylodes atractylodes is the top grade, and the quality produced in Maoshan, Jiangsu is the best, so it is named Atractylodes atractylodes.
How to eat Atractylodes
Atractylodes and sheep liver porridge
Raw materials
150 grams each of sheep liver and japonica rice, 30 grams of Atractylodes, refined salt , soy sauce, starch, pepper, and sesame oil in appropriate amounts.
Method
Decoct Atractylodes in water, remove residue and extract juice, set aside. Mix salt, soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil and starch together to make marinade. Wash the lamb liver, drain the water, cut into small pieces, and marinate in the prepared marinade for about 10 minutes. Then put the japonica rice and atractylodes juice into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water to cook the porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add the lamb liver, cook until it is cooked through, and season with refined salt before eating.
Efficacy of medicated food
This product removes troubles and clears away heat, nourishes yin and clears fire, nourishes blood and replenishes essence. It is suitable for patients with tinnitus, dizziness, hypertension, etc.
Atractylodes and sheep liver
Raw materials
150 grams of sheep liver, 250 grams of Atractylodes seedlings, appropriate amounts of salt, monosodium glutamate, green onions and ginger.
Method
Wash the mutton liver and cut into strips; wash the green onions and ginger and mince them; wash the atractylodes, blanch them in boiling water for a while, remove them, rinse them and cut them into sections for later use. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, add mutton liver, green onions, ginger and salt, cook over medium heat until the mutton liver is cooked and tender, add atractylodes and cook until the flavor is absorbed, add MSG, and serve.
Efficacy of medicinal food
This product nourishes the liver and is suitable for people with night blindness, sparrow blindness, dizziness and physical weakness.
Summary: Through the above-mentioned article’s detailed introduction to the efficacy and functions of Atractylodes and the consumption methods of Atractylodes, everyone’s understanding of Atractylodes has become more comprehensive. If you like the knowledge I introduced, please remember to share it with your friends.