Rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala
It is the rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala. Compositae plants Location: Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan and other places. Zhejiang is the most potential producing area, and it is called "Yu Shu". Harvest in winter, dry in the sun or dry in the sun, remove fibrous roots, cut into thick slices, eat raw or stir-fry with soil or bran.
This medicine tastes sweet, bitter and warm. Spleen and stomach meridian.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and qi, eliminating dampness and diuresis, stopping sweating and preventing miscarriage.
App application
1. spleen-qi deficiency syndrome. This taste is bitter and warm, and it mainly belongs to spleen and stomach meridians, and mainly strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness. It was praised by predecessors as "the first medicine for invigorating spleen and benefiting qi". Spleen governs transport and transformation because spleen deficiency is unhealthy and water is often wet and endogenous, leading to anorexia, loose stool, diarrhea, phlegm retention, edema and leukorrhagia. This product is not only good at invigorating qi and spleen, but also can eliminate dampness, promote diuresis and eliminate dampness. For people with spleen deficiency and dampness, eating less loose stool or diarrhea, it is often combined with Ginseng and Poria, such as Sijunzi Decoction (a recipe for accumulation). For those with spleen deficiency and yang deficiency and excessive phlegm, it should be combined with herbs that warm yang, regulate qi, promote diuresis and permeate dampness, such as Gui Ling Zhugan Decoction from Synopsis of Golden Chamber. For spleen edema, this product can be combined with Poria, Guizhi and other herbs. For spleen deficiency with damp and turbid obstruction, it should be combined with spleen-invigorating and dampness-drying herbs.
2. Qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating. This product is similar to Astragalus membranaceus in spleen deficiency, unstable defensive qi, superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating, and can also strengthen spleen and replenish qi, consolidate exterior and stop sweating. Fang only uses this product to treat sweating. For patients with spleen and lung qi deficiency, unstable defensive qi, superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating, and easy to be attacked by wind evil, it should be combined with spleen-invigorating, lung-tonifying and wind-dispelling drugs such as Radix Astragali and Radix Saposhnikoviae, such as Yupingfeng Powder (Danxi Heart Method).
3. Dyskinesia due to spleen deficiency. This product can also benefit qi and prevent miscarriage. It is used to treat fetal malnutrition due to spleen deficiency. This product can invigorate qi and spleen, promote the transport of water and grains to nourish the fetus, and should be combined with ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin and other qi-invigorating and blood-enriching products. It can be used with ginseng, poria cocos, dried tangerine peel, etc. for treating pregnancy with spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction, nausea and indigestion, and heavy limbs. It can be used for the treatment of pregnancy edema due to spleen deficiency. This product can not only invigorate qi and spleen, but also induce diuresis to reduce swelling. It is often used with spleen-invigorating and diuretic drugs.
Usage and dosage: decoction, 6 ~ 12g. Stir-frying can enhance the efficacy of invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea.
Pay attention to the use of this product, which is warm and dry, and should not be used for people with yin deficiency, fever, body fluid injury and thirst.