Atractylodes macrocephala helps with pregnancy and enriches blood

Atractylodes macrocephala is also known as Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes macrocephala, and Atractylodes macrocephala.

Scientific nameAtractylodes macrocephalaKoidz.Atractylis macrocephala(Koidz) Hand. Mazz.;Atractylis ovataThunb. AsteraceaeComposites.

Atractylodes macrocephala (Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae) is the dried rhizome of the Atractylodes macrocephala plant.

Atractylodes macrocephala contains essential oil (1.4%), but the active ingredient is unknown.

1. Uses and dosage of Atractylodes

According to resident physician Nguyen Thanh Vuong - Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, oriental medicine considers Atractylodes macrocephala a tonic, mainly to strengthen the spleen, strengthen the stomach, eliminate dampness, stop diarrhea, treat fever, stabilize pregnancy, enrich blood, and is used in cases of fever, sweating, edema, and chronic enteritis.

According to ancient documents, Atractylodes macrocephala is sweet, bitter, slightly warm, enters the spleen and stomach meridians... has the effect of strengthening the stomach, harmonizing the middle, drying dampness, dissolving phlegm, diuretic, eliminating sweat, and stabilizing the fetus.

Effects: Treats chronic spleen deficiency, depression, diarrhea, edema, phlegm, night sweats, and restless pregnancy. Use 6-12g per day in decoction form.

Not for use by people with yin deficiency and constipation.

2. Some medicinal dishes from Atractylodes

Resident physician Nguyen Thanh Vuong introduces some medicinal foods containing Atractylodes as follows:

Treats women with abdominal pain, bloating, and flatulence

- Pork offal porridge with Atractylodes:40g Atractylodes, 1 areca nut, 40g grilled ginger, 1 piece of pork intestine, 60g rice.

- How to prepare:Clean and cut pig intestines into pieces; slice and crush medicinal herbs, boil to get the water, discard the residue. Wash rice and cook porridge with pig intestines. When the porridge is cooked, add the medicinal decoction, add spices and bring to a boil. Eat when hungry.

Treatment of poor appetite, indigestion, loose stools...

- Liquid extract of Atractylodes macrocephala:Atractylodes 300g.

- How to prepare:Boil to get the water, remove the residue, and concentrate into a liquid extract (ratio 1/1). Use 2-3 spoons each time, drink twice a day with cooled boiled water with a little sugar.

Treat diarrhea, bloating and loss of appetite

- Atractylodes macrocephala and kumquat peel porridge:Atractylodes 24g, kumquat peel 14g, rice 100g.

- How to prepare:Boil Atractylodes macrocephala and kumquat peel to get the water and discard the residue. Wash rice and cook into porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add the herbal decoction and bring to a boil. You can add sugar, salt, and spices. Eat when hungry.

Women with depression

- Ginseng, Atractylodes and Apple Porridge:Atractylodes 12g, Codonopsis pilosula 12g, Astragalus 30g, Chinese date 14g, glutinous rice 50g.

- How to prepare:Boil 4 herbs to get the water and discard the residue. Wash the rice and cook it into porridge. Once the porridge is cooked, add the medicinal water and boil again for a few minutes. Eat twice a day, morning and evening.

Children often have frothy diarrhea.

-Atractylodes lake water:10g raw Atractylodes macrocephala.

- How to prepare:Crush, add a little rice water, add enough water, simmer on stove. Eat 3 times a day.

Food for the elderly, the weak, children with poor appetite, chronic diarrhea

- Atractylodes macrocephala cake:250g Atractylodes macrocephala, 250g Chinese jujube, 500g rice flour or wheat flour.

- How to prepare: Grind and roast Atractylodes macrocephala, steam and remove seeds from jujubes, add rice flour (or wheat flour), add water and mix into 10 cakes, steam until cooked. Eat 1-2 cakes a day for breakfast.

Taboos:People with yin deficiency and excess fire should not use./.