What is the medicinal value of Atractylodes macrocephala?
Nowadays, people like health, will regularly to the herbal store to buy some herbs to supplement the body, you know how much of the herbs, the following for you to introduce a kind of, Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes macrocephala is a kind of more commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs, which has an outstanding effect in the treatment of disease, can strengthen the spleen and beneficial to the qi, dry dampness, and water, and it can also stop sweating, and resting the fetus. What is the role of Atractylodes macrocephala and what is its medicinal value?
The rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala is irregular and fat mass, 3 to 13 centimeters long, 1.5 to 7 centimeters in diameter. Surface gray-yellow or gray-brown, with tumor-like protuberances and intermittent longitudinal wrinkles and grooves, and whisker marks, the tip of the residual stem base and root buds. The texture is hard, not easy to break, the section is not flat, yellowish white to light brown, with brown oil dotted oil chamber scattered, dryer section keratin-like, darker color, with fissures, gas fragrance, taste sweet, slightly pungent, chewing slightly viscous. In order to a large, solid, cross-section tribute to white, aroma is good.
The rhizome is used as medicine. The main component is volatile oil, the oil contains cangzhu alcohol, cangzhu ketone, white seek lactone A, B, hinoki brain and vitamin A, etc.. Taste sweet, bitter, slightly warm. It has the functions of tonifying the spleen and stomach, drying dampness and inducing diuresis, stopping sweating and tranquilizing the fetus. Mainly treats spleen deficiency with little food. Dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, fetal restlessness and so on.
Medicinal Value of Atractylodes macrocephala
Atractylodes macrocephala is a very commonly used herbal medicine to strengthen the spleen and stomach in clinic, its main function is to strengthen the spleen, dry dampness, and dissolve phlegm, and it can also strengthen the lumbar and knee, treating lumbar pain, arthralgia and other diseases. Its own qi aroma can wake up the spleen, and its thick flavor can tonify the middle, and it is usually harvested in winter, when it is more effective. Atractylodes macrocephala can also stabilize the fetus, the main principle is that the spleen is the foundation of the latter day, the source of qi and blood biochemistry. If the spleen and stomach are good, one's body will be strong, so Atractylodes macrocephala can strengthen the spleen and stomach, which is conducive to qi and blood generation, thus strengthening the fetal element and playing a role in preserving the fetus.
Expand Atractylodes macrocephala is a traditional Chinese medicine derived from the dried rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala, a plant of the family Asteraceae. Atractylodes macrocephala is bitter, sweet and warm in nature, and belongs to the spleen meridian and stomach meridian. Its efficacy and function is to strengthen the spleen and qi, dry dampness and diuresis, stop sweating, and pacify the fetus, which is used for treating deficiency of the spleen with low food intake, abdominal distension and diarrhea, phlegm and vertigo palpitations, oedema and spontaneous sweating, and fetal restlessness, etc. In addition, earth Atractylodes macrocephala strengthens the spleen and stomach, and pacifies the fetus. Atractylodes macrocephala has a long history of use in China, for example, it was included in "Shennong's Classic of the Materia Medica" during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it has been included in the materia medica of all generations, and its aliases are also known as "Tianzhi" (heavenly artichoke), "Shanjian" (mountain ginger), and "Shanjing" (mountain essence). Atractylodes macrocephala is also widely used in compound prescriptions, such as the commonly used Chinese patent medicine Ginseng Ling Baijushu San, as well as Si Jun Zi Tang and Hovenia Jiao Tang, all of which contain atractylodes macrocephala.