Atractylodes macrocephala: the first medicine to replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, do you know?

Introduction: How to eat atractylodes macrocephala can cure constipation? A sip of tonic soup is equivalent to eating a chocolate for those who stay up all night? What kind of acne can use white atractylodes? And what's up with that white atractylodes plus vinegar topical treatment for bone spurs? The answers can be found in this article.

Chinese medicine also has a round movement - atractylodes macrocephala (excerpt)

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Atractylodes macrocephala is a medicinal plant in the family of chrysanthemums, atractylodes macrocephala's dried rhizomes, with its main origins in Zhejiang and Anhui. It was originally wild in the mountains or hilly areas, so it is called mountain essence, the essence of the mountains. Nowadays, it is mainly cultivated in large quantities, and its main place of origin is in Yuqian County, Zhejiang Province, so it is called Yuzhu.

2 Medicine and flavor

(Atractylodes macrocephala) is usually harvested in the winter when the leaves are yellow, so it is called winter Atractylodes macrocephala. When this is dug, it is yellowish-white, or with brown cross-section, and some brownish-yellow dotted oil chamber, smell fragrant, chewing a little sweet, slightly spicy, and a little viscous, which is one of the characteristics of its traits.

3.1 Treatment of spleen qi deficiency and dampness

(1) Abnormal bowel movement

Then if constipation is a problem, a single herb, Shengbaijiao, can cure constipation. As you mentioned earlier, there is a lot of oil in Atractylodes macrocephala, so Atractylodes macrocephala has a certain moisturizing effect, and it has a certain laxative effect. Raw Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, directly into the powder slightly boiled, boiled time is not too long, boiled long after it this oil volatilized, it can not laxative. This is one of its main points, and later we will talk about its use. If you want to treat this diarrhea, loose stools, we generally have to fry, with fried atractylodes or soil fried atractylodes, this is its use.

(2) eczema

Spleen deficiency can also form eczema, or wet sores. This can be taken internally or used externally, and its dampness is mainly distributed in the waist circle, or the lower limbs, it can appear in the spleen meridian, or stomach meridian. If this cold dampness is in the spleen, and if the person often washes his face with cold water, then his cheeks, in the stomach meridian, are also prone to acne, which is a kind of cold dampness type of acne, and can also be used atractylodis Macrocephalae. Cold-damp acne has a longer course of treatment than damp-heat acne, because it is a Yin syndrome. If he can't avoid eating, continue to eat cold and acidic diet, he will be unable to get well.

(3) lumbago

This is a condition caused by spleen deficiency, which can cause cold and damp internal obstruction or foreign cold and damp invasion, causing lumbago. There is a representative formula called kidney soup, also known as licorice, ginger, poria and atractylodes soup, to treat the "waist in the weight of the belt with five thousand dollars". Then in the ancient records, the white atractylodes can benefit the blood between the waist and umbilicus, in fact, is the waist and umbilicus qi, indirectly can cure blood, including the waist and umbilicus of the cold and damp water drink, we will have to explain later.

3.2 Treatment of Qi deficiency and fever

Atractylodes macrocephala treats the deficiency of the spleen and qi, and the representative formula is tonifying the middle and benefiting qi soup. The condition treated by tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi soup is that the spleen qi is deficient and then sinks, and at the same time there is a basis for this patient's kidney yin deficiency and the fire going upwards. That is, the Kidney Yin is deficient, the fire goes upward, and the Spleen Qi is deficient and sinks. Then the treatment of tonifying Zhong Yi Qi Tang is to tonify the Spleen-Qi and elevate the Yang, and then add a laxative; however, there is no laxative in the tonifying Zhong Yi Qi Tang. The patient presented with a symptom called Qi deficiency fever. We have seen that the original dose of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi soup, its maximum dose is about three qian and two cents, which is less than 10 grams.

Qi deficiency fever, in fact, in our clinic is very common, is often stay up all night people, and then hungry meal, to the morning do not eat, to the midday especially hungry, there will be panic, dizziness, hot flashes, sweating phenomenon, this is very similar to the tonic in the Yiqi Tang evidence. This is actually somewhat similar to hypoglycemia, and that actually taking a sip of tonifying Zhong Yi Tang is equivalent to eating a chocolate or eating a fruit candy. However, the later generation of the tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi soup made a change in the dose, increase the dose, let's say astragalus used 30 grams, atractylodes macrocephala used 30 grams, here after the dose enlargement, it treats not only the deficiency of qi fever, it can treat the prolapse of the internal organs.

3.3 Treatment of osteomalacia

Cultivation of soil can also indirectly control water, called Cultivation of soil to control water method, or called Dun Tu Li Shui method. Then the previous talk of this Zhenwu Tang and the attached soup it, the treatment is edema, this water is evil water. There is another layer of meaning to this Pei Tu Cure Water method, which is that it can treat an excess or flooding of kidney water. In the classics, there is a rare disease called "medullary overflow" (overflow is the overflow of overflow, the medulla of bone marrow). It means that his teeth have grown so long that he can't even eat. Then use atractylodes macrocephala as a decoction to be taken internally, it can strengthen the spleen, this disease is a kidney qi surplus, kidney water is too strong, we use the spleen to control water, take this meaning.

Then according to the record, with this very effective, I personally in the clinical has not found such a disease. But there is a disease similar to this one, what is it? It is osteophytes, bone spurs, in the lumbar vertebrae, knees, or cervical vertebrae, or heels, very common. One way to use it is to powder atractylodes macrocephala, add some vinegar and apply it externally, the effect is also very good. It can also be often made into a paste for external cleansing, and soaking the feet can also be.

A classic method is to powder atractylodes macrocephala, get some vinegar and mix it well, wrapped in the heel of the affected area, placed inside the shoe, walk every day, to the night before going to bed to remove it, wash it can be. General treatment is very effective. This is the indirect function of white atractylodes.

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