What are the functions and effects of Atractylodes lancea?

Atractylodes is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is actually widely used in clinical practice and has a relatively good health-preserving effect. Different health-care effects can be achieved by combining it with different medicinal materials. Combined with ginseng, it can help strengthen the spleen and kidneys, nourish yin and remove dampness.

1. Combined with Radix Glycyrrhizae, the moisture of Radix Glycyrrhizae can control the dryness of this product, and the dryness of this product can control the greasiness of Radix Glycyrrhizae, thus strengthening the spleen and kidney, nourishing yin and expelling dampness, combining the best of both worlds.

2. Combined with Magnolia officinalis, it can help digestion and disperse phlegm and dampness. It is especially suitable for those with dampness, stagnation and accumulation. Dampness is eliminated and the spleen is functioning properly, the middle yang is invigorated, and it specifically relieves symptoms caused by dampness blocking the spleen and dysfunction of transportation and transformation.

3. Combined with Saposhnikovia divaricata, it can be used to treat rheumatic pain. One can dry out dampness, and the other can dispel wind. When used together, they can both dry and dispel dampness, and both rheumatism and wind are eliminated.

4. Combined with gypsum, one is warm and the other is cold, it combines hardness and softness, dries dampness and clears heat without hurting the vital energy of the internal organs, is good at treating dampness turning into heat, and takes the idea of ​​treating both the Taiyang and Yangming meridians at the same time. It is most suitable for symptoms such as summer heat, damp heat, high fever, thirst, heaviness of the body, and shortness of urination.

5. Combined with Phellodendron chinense, both medicines have strong and vigorous energy. The combination of the two bitter flavors can double the power of drying out dampness. Phellodendron chinense combined with Atractylodes lancea can warm the body to control cold and clear away heat without damaging Yang. The two medicines complement each other and have significant effect of clearing away heat and drying dampness. They are often used for symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat and pain in the feet and knees, foot paralysis and weakness caused by damp-heat in the lower abdomen, or damp-heat in the lower abdomen, edema with dripping, short and red urine, and yellow and greasy tongue coating.

6. Combined with Cyperus rotundus, it can treat both the liver and spleen, soothe the liver and regulate the spleen, and is mainly used to treat various symptoms of liver and spleen stagnation.

7. Paired with black sesame, one is drying and the other is moistening, they complement each other, strengthen the spleen and moisten dryness, and are good for treating indigestion, abdominal distension, and spleen deficiency with thin and greasy tongue coating.

8. Take it with Shenqu to enhance the ability to help digestion and strengthen the spleen. It can treat food stagnation, dampness blocking the spleen and stomach, chest and abdominal fullness and stuffiness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, watery diarrhea, and greasy white tongue coating.