Atractylodes macrocephala

Also known as: Atractylodes macrocephala

Attractive properties: Bitter, sweet and warm in nature, it belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians.

The good medicine of strengthening the spleen and drying dampness

Atractylodes macrocephala is a commonly used tonic class of traditional Chinese medicine, but also for the strengthening of the spleen and drying dampness of the Burgundy medicine, commonly known as the "northern ginseng and southern atractylodes" said. In ancient times, atractylodes macrocephala and atractylodes macrocephala were collectively referred to as atractylodes macrocephala, and it was only after "The Famous Physician's Record" that they were separated. The Materia Medica Tongxuan contains "Atractylodes macrocephala, the medicine that replenishes the spleen and stomach, and there is no one else like it. When the earth (meaning the spleen) is strong, it can promote transportation, so it is used by those who cannot eat, those who have stagnant food, and those who have lumps and accumulations. When the earth is strong, it can overcome dampness, so those who suffer from phlegm, swelling and fullness, and dampness paralysis all rely on it. If the earth is prosperous, the clear gas is good at ascending, and the essence is upwardly enshrined; the turbid gas is good at descending, and the dregs are downwardly transmitted; therefore, those who vomit and have diarrhea must not be queued." Modern research has found that atractylodes macrocephala has the effect of promoting gastrointestinal secretion, diuretic sodium discharge, lowering blood pressure, protecting the liver, preventing the reduction of hepatic glycogen, and enhancing muscle strength.

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Atractylodes macrocephala is a plant of the family of Asteraceae, mainly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and other places, especially in Zhejiang, Anhui, Anhui, Anhui and other places in the southern mountains of the most authentic, atractylodes macrocephala is abbreviated as Zhejiang atractylodes macrocephala. The medicinal part is the rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala, which is harvested in winter. Softened by rice swill juice, cut thick slices, drying, that is, raw atractylodes macrocephala; with the powdered liver fried, and then sieve the soil, that is, the soil fried atractylodes macrocephala; fried to black-brown, that is, burnt atractylodes macrocephala. Atractylodes macrocephala is suitable for drying dampness and inducing diuresis, atractylodes macrocephala is suitable for replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, atractylodes macrocephala is suitable for strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

Effects

Effects nourishing qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and inducing diuresis, stopping sweating, and tranquilizing the fetus.

Attention: 1. For loss of appetite, fatigue, dyspepsia, abdominal distension, loose stools or diarrhea caused by weak spleen qi. 2. For oedema caused by accumulation of tangible water due to deficiency of spleen and phlegm due to accumulation of intangible water. 3. For spontaneous sweating caused by deficiency of qi. 4. For restlessness of fetus caused by deficiency of spleen. 5. For the treatment of diarrhea caused by deficiency of spleen. 6. For the treatment of diabetes. 7.

Identification of authenticity

The forgeries of Atractylodes macrocephala are large slices of Atractylodes macrocephala, which are often mixed in Atractylodes macrocephala. Raw Atractylodes macrocephala slices cut surface of the skin part of yellow-white, inward color gradually dark, slightly concave, the wood part of the smaller and in the center, more narrow stripes, often into a cavity, there are scattered cinnabar points and fissures, around the earthy yellow or grayish-brown, there are most of the warts and longitudinal wrinkles, chewing slightly viscous. The cut surface of the slices of Atractylodes macrocephala is light yellowish white or grayish yellowish white, scattered with most orange-yellow or brownish-red oil dots, or with white hairy crystals, with irregular edges, grayish brown or blackish brown periphery, uneven, with wrinkles, transverse zigzagging lines and root scars.

Precautions

1. Atractylodes macrocephala is easy to hurt the yin, yin deficiency and internal heat or fluid deficiency should not be used. 2. Chest tightness, abdominal distension, such as stagnation of qi should be avoided. 3. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia clearly stipulates that the dose of atractylodes macrocephala within 3-15 grams per day should be safe. If large doses of Atractylodes macrocephala, will inhibit the heartbeat, and in severe cases will lead to cardiac arrest.