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Atractylodes
苍术
Atractylodes lancea is a plant from family Asteraceae.
The dried rhizome of the plant is used in TCM.
Taste, Characteristic, and Meridian
Pungent, bitter, warm in nature.
Returns to the spleen, stomach and liver meridians.
Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Drying dampness, strengthening the spleen, dispelling wind and dispersing cold, improving eyesight.
It is used in treating dampness obstructing the middle energizer, epigastric and abdominal distension, diarrhea, edema, rheumatic pain, cold and flu caused by wind, night blindness, dry
eyes and dizziness.
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