Atractylodes ( 苍术 ) ...Chinese Herb...
 Latin
Plant Name
Atractylodes Lancea
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Cang Zhu
Common
English Name
Atractylodes
Part
of Plant Used
Root
Nature
Warm
Taste
Acrid, bitter, aromatic
Meridians
Entered
Spleen, Stomach
Common
Usages
This herb is most often used in formulas that treat rheumatic arthritis
with symptoms of dull pain in the joints, poor appetite, fatigue, and nausea.
(TCM: internal damp conditions; deficient Spleen). It is also useful in treating
the night blindness caused by vitamin-A deficiency.
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Dries dampness and strengthens the Spleen; expels wind dampness; clears
dampness in the Lower Burner; causes sweating and expels pathogens.
Common
Formulas Used In
Clematis and Stephania; Cyperus and Ligusticum.
Processing
Required
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Remarks
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Cautions
in Use
Avoid use in conditions of excessive sweating due to deficient Qi or deficient
Yin with heat signs.
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