The source of medicine records Atractylodes macrocephala: "Drying dampness and benefiting dryness, harmonizing middle qi and benefiting qi, warming middle qi, drying spleen and stomach, removing stomach heat, strengthening spleen and stomach, entering diet and quenching thirst." Atractylodes macrocephala is sweet, bitter and warm, and enters the spleen and stomach. This shows that Atractylodes macrocephala has the effects of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis and resolving phlegm, and nourishing spleen and stomach. Atractylodes macrocephala is recommended for phlegm-dampness constitution. It is believed that Atractylodes macrocephala has the effect of invigorating spleen and drying dampness. Atractylodes macrocephala is one of the most effective health preserving methods for phlegm-dampness constitution.

There are many effective foods for phlegm-dampness constitution, so what are the foods for phlegm-dampness constitution? In this paper, we will analyze the efficacy of Atractylodes macrocephala in detail to see how to realize real health preservation.

Spleen and stomach have both exterior and interior, which is not only the hub of the ascending and descending of human viscera and qi, but also the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and the water and sea valley on which human beings depend for survival. Spleen governs ascending Qing, although it likes dryness and hates dampness, it is easy to produce dampness. The stomach has the function of satiety and rotting Shui Gu, and it also likes dryness and hates dampness, but it is easy to turn heat into dryness. The common phenomenon of phlegm-dampness constitution is spleen dampness and stomach dryness and heat. Drinking Baizhu Chenpi Drink every day can remove spleen dampness and stomach heat. The specific method is: take 30g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 0g of dried tangerine peel10g, add clean water1000ml, fry for half an hour on medium fire, and filter to make tea. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is bitter in taste, pungent and warm in nature, enters the lung and spleen meridians, and has the effects of regulating qi, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. Therefore, Baizhu Chenpi Decoction can treat abdominal distension, pain and dyspepsia caused by qi stagnation of spleen and stomach, chest distress, abdominal distension, loss of appetite and diarrhea caused by dampness stagnation, expectoration and asthma caused by phlegm-dampness blocking lung.

According to Su Jingwen-wei in Huangdi's Neijing, "Spleen governs all muscles." It shows that the spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and all muscles need the subtle Shui Gu of spleen transport to nourish them. Spleen has a strong transport function, and muscles will be strong, plump and strong; If the spleen loses its health, the muscles will be weak or emaciated. "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic Su Wen Taiyin Yangming Theory" said: "All limbs are endowed with qi in the stomach, not meridians, and must be attributed to the spleen. It can be seen that Atractylodes macrocephala has been recorded in the daily life of the ancients in the medicinal diet of the motherland for 5 thousand years. Therefore, Atractylodes macrocephala must have its unique function and curative effect in the diet therapy of phlegm-dampness constitution.