Atractylodes lancea Rhizome(Cang Zhu) and Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu)

Botanical Info of Atractylodes lancea Rhizome(Cang Zhu) and Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu).:

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Botanical Info of Atractylodes lancea Rhizome(Cang Zhu):

Rhizoma Areactylodis Lanceae:Atractylodes Rhizome(Rhizoma Atractylodis)

English:Swordlike Atractylodes Rhizome,Rhizoma Atractylodis,Atractylodes,Atractylodes Lanceae Rhizoma,Black Atractylodes,Red Atractylodes.
Chinese Name:Cangzhu
Taste: Pungent and bitter
Properties:appetite stimulant, diuretic, diaphoretic, stomachic
Botanical Source: Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.(Cang Zhu) or Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz.(Bei Cang Zhu)
Plant Part Used: Dry rhizome.Atractylodes Rhizome is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.or Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz .(Fam.Compositae).Dug up in spring and autumn with fibrous roots removed.
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Botanical Info of Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu):

Botanical name: Atractylodes macrocephala.
Pharmaceutical name: Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae.
Chinese Name:Bai Zhu.
Properties: bitter, sweet, warm. Channels entered: Spleen, Stomach
Botanical Source: Atractylodes refers mainly to Atractylodes macrocephala (macro = big; cephala = head; so, big-headed atractylodes) known in Chinese as baizhu.

Note:cang means gray or black, but the character has changed over time and originally meant red; the interior of the rhizome, the part used, has a reddish color; zhu is the general term for this type of plant, a species of Atractylodes. The material is distinguished from Bai Zhu, Atractylodes macrocephalla, where bai means white and refers to the white color of the rhizome; both herbs transform damp, but Bai Zhu is also a qi tonic)

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1.Atractylodes lancea Rhizome(Cang Zhu) and Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu)

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♣ last edit date:13th,Oct.2010.