This product is the rhizome of White Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.), a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places. Harvest in winter when the lower leaves turn yellow and the upper leaves become brittle, remove the sediment, dry or sun-dry, and then remove the fibrous roots. Cut into thick slices. Use it raw or stir-fry with soil or stir-fry with bran until dark brown, which is called White Atractylodes Rhizome.

[Property]

bitter and sweet, warm. act on spleen and stomach channels.

tonifying qi and invigorating spleen, drying dampness, diuretic, antiperspirant, calming fetus.

[Indications]

1. It is used for spleen and stomach qi deficiency, weak transportation and transformation, loose stool due to lack of food, abdominal distension and fullness, soft limbs and mental fatigue. White Atractylodes Rhizome has the effect of tonifying qi and invigorating spleen. To treat spleen qi deficiency and lack of vitality, it is often used with Ginseng and Poria to tonifying qi to nourish the spleen and treat deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach. , abdominal distension and fullness diarrhea, often used with Ginseng and Dried Ginger to warm the middle and strengthen the spleen; treat spleen deficiency and retention of food, abdominal cavity stuffiness and fullness, often used with Immature Orange Fruit for both elimination and tonic effects.
2. For spleen deficiency, water stop, and for phlegm-fluid retention, edema, difficulty in urination. White Atractylodes Rhizome can not only tonifying qi and invigorating spleen; it can also dry dampness and diuretic, so it is very suitable to use. To treat phlegm-fluid retention, it is often used with Cinnamon Twig, Poria, etc. (such as Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Bighead Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) , to warm the spleen and resolving retained fluid; to treat edema, it is often used with Poria, Alisma, etc. (such as Powder of Four Ingredients with Poria ), to invigorating spleen and draining dampness.
3. Used for spleen deficiency: weak qi, weak muscle surface and excessive sweating. White Atractylodes Rhizome can tonifying the spleen and replenishing qi, consolidating exterior and stopping sweating. It can be taken alone as a powder, or combined with Astragalus Root, light wheat, etc.
4. Used for spleen deficiency, threatened abortion. White Atractylodes Rhizome has the effect of tonifying qi and invigorating spleen and calming fetus. It is often used with Villous Amomum Fruit.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Mainly wind-cold-dampness impediment, dead muscle, spasm, jaundice, antiperspirant, heat removal, and digestion."
2. Bencao Huiyan: "White Atractylodes Rhizome is an important medicine to support the spleen and stomach, dissipate dampness and remove paralysis, and eliminate food and stuffiness. If spleen deficiency is unhealthy, surgery can replenish it; if stomach deficiency is insatiable, surgery can help it."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take 10-15g. drying dampness is suitable for diuresis, tonifying qi and invigorating spleen is suitable for stir-frying, and it is suitable for stir-frying to brown for strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

White Atractylodes Rhizome contains volatile oil. The main components in the oil are Atractylodes Rhizome ketones, White Atractylodes Rhizome lactones A and B, and sugars (mainly mannose and fructose). White Atractylodes Rhizome has strong, diuretic, hypoglycemic, and anticoagulant effects, and can protect the liver and prevent the reduction of liver glycogen caused by carbon tetrachloride.