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Chao Cang Zhu 500g Chinese Atractylodes Rhizome Rhizoma Atractylodis
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苍术
Naming
Cang Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)
Cang Zhu Chinese Atractylodes Rhizome Swordlike Atractylodes Rhizome 蒼術 Rhizoma Atractylodis
The Processing of 苍术
Origin
The rhizome of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC or A. chinensis (DC.) Koidz. of family Compositae.
Location
The former is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Hubei and Henan provinces, etc. in China, the later in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shanxi and Liaoning provinces, etc. in China.
Harvest
Collected in spring and autumn.
The true smell and taste
The former is specially fragrant, slightly sweet, pungent and bitter in flavor, the latter is slightly fragrant, pungent, and bitter in flavor.
Best quality
The best one of the former is big, massiness, fragrant, without fibre and with red spot. After cut into segment, there is white frost on cross section. The best one of the latter is big, massiness, fragrant and without fibre.
Processing
Dried in the sun, unprocessed or stir-baked with bran or water in which rice has been washed.
The Effect of 苍术
Property
Pungent, bitter, warm; spleen, lung and liver meridians entered.
Actions
Dry dampness and invigorate spleen, dispel wind-dampness, release exterior.
Indications
A. Syndrome of damp obstruction of middle energizer
It can dispel damp-turbidity by drying dampness with bitter-warm, harmonize spleen-stomach by invigorating spleen with pungent-fragrant. It is most suitable for the dysfunction of spleen in transformation and transportation due to damp obstruction of middle energizer manifested as gastric and abdominal distention and fullness, nausea, poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue and white greasy tongue coating. It is usually combined with the damp-drying, middle-energizer-harmonizing and qi-moving herbs. For instance it is combined with Hou Po and Chen Pi in Ping Wei San from Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang.
B. Wind-damp arthralgia
It is pungent, bitter and dry in property, and good at dispelling dampness, so it is suitable for arthralgia with damp excess. It is usually combined with the wind-damp-dispelling herbs. For instance it is combined with Yi Yi Ren and Du Huo in Yi Yi Ren Tang from Lei Zheng Zhi Cai (Classified Treatment). For damp-heat arthralgia, it is usually combined with the heat-clearing and fire-purging herbs. For instance it is combined with Shi Gaoand Zhi Mu in Bai Hu Cang Zhu Tang from Pu Ji Ben Shi Fang (Universal Relieving Experiential Prescriptions). For damp-heat atrophy-flaccidity, it can be combined with the damp-heat-clearing and tendon-bone-strengthening herbs. For instance it is combined with Huang Bai, Yi Yi Ren and Niu Xi in Si Miao San from Cheng Fang Bian Du.
C. Exterior syndrome of wind-cold type complicated with dampness
It is most suitable for exterior syndrome of wind-cold type complicated with dampness. The reason covers three aspects: it is pungent, fragrant and dry in property; it can induce sweating and disperse the exogenous wind-cold from superficies; it is good at removing dampness. It is usually combined with the cold-dispersing and exterior-releasing herbs such as Qiang Huo, Bai Zhi and Fang Feng.
In addition, it can brighten the eyes and is indicated for night blindness, blurred vision and eye dryness for the actions of drying dampness and invigorating spleen, and elevating clear yang to nourish eyes. It can be used alone, cooked with liver of sheep or pig or combined with Shi jue Ming, etc.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 5~10 g.
Quality Assurance
This bulk herb Chao Cang Zhu 炒苍术 Chinese Atractylodes Rhizome Rhizoma Atractylodis is of premium quality. Our bulk Chinese herbs are mostly wild harvested but some herbs are farm grown to protect their natural habitats and meet incremental market demands. The harvests of right species at proper maturity are identified by experienced professionals, cleaned, cut or sliced, and dried. Cases, special processing methods such as soaking with rice wine, steaming, roasting are applied as mandated by traditional Chinese medicine traditions to prepare the Chinese herbs to achieve desired properties, enhance efficacy, and reduce toxicity.
Warning
In the course of formulas to enhance each other's desirable action and to minimize any potential side effect. In TCM, Chinese herbs are mostly combined in the context of formulas to enhance each other's desirable action and to minimize any potential side effect.
苍术
Naming
Cang Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)
Cang Zhu Chinese Atractylodes Rhizome Swordlike Atractylodes Rhizome 蒼術 Rhizoma Atractylodis
The Processing of 苍术
Origin
The rhizome of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC or A. chinensis (DC.) Koidz. of family Compositae.
Location
The former is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Hubei and Henan provinces, etc. in China, the later in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shanxi and Liaoning provinces, etc. in China.
Harvest
Collected in spring and autumn.
The true smell and taste
The former is specially fragrant, slightly sweet, pungent and bitter in flavor, the latter is slightly fragrant, pungent, and bitter in flavor.
Best quality
The best one of the former is big, massiness, fragrant, without fibre and with red spot. After cut into segment, there is white frost on cross section. The best one of the latter is big, massiness, fragrant and without fibre.
Processing
Dried in the sun, unprocessed or stir-baked with bran or water in which rice has been washed.
The Effect of 苍术
Property
Pungent, bitter, warm; spleen, lung and liver meridians entered.
Actions
Dry dampness and invigorate spleen, dispel wind-dampness, release exterior.
Indications
A. Syndrome of damp obstruction of middle energizer
It can dispel damp-turbidity by drying dampness with bitter-warm, harmonize spleen-stomach by invigorating spleen with pungent-fragrant. It is most suitable for the dysfunction of spleen in transformation and transportation due to damp obstruction of middle energizer manifested as gastric and abdominal distention and fullness, nausea, poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue and white greasy tongue coating. It is usually combined with the damp-drying, middle-energizer-harmonizing and qi-moving herbs. For instance it is combined with Hou Po and Chen Pi in Ping Wei San from Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang.
B. Wind-damp arthralgia
It is pungent, bitter and dry in property, and good at dispelling dampness, so it is suitable for arthralgia with damp excess. It is usually combined with the wind-damp-dispelling herbs. For instance it is combined with Yi Yi Ren and Du Huo in Yi Yi Ren Tang from Lei Zheng Zhi Cai (Classified Treatment). For damp-heat arthralgia, it is usually combined with the heat-clearing and fire-purging herbs. For instance it is combined with Shi Gaoand Zhi Mu in Bai Hu Cang Zhu Tang from Pu Ji Ben Shi Fang (Universal Relieving Experiential Prescriptions). For damp-heat atrophy-flaccidity, it can be combined with the damp-heat-clearing and tendon-bone-strengthening herbs. For instance it is combined with Huang Bai, Yi Yi Ren and Niu Xi in Si Miao San from Cheng Fang Bian Du.
C. Exterior syndrome of wind-cold type complicated with dampness
It is most suitable for exterior syndrome of wind-cold type complicated with dampness. The reason covers three aspects: it is pungent, fragrant and dry in property; it can induce sweating and disperse the exogenous wind-cold from superficies; it is good at removing dampness. It is usually combined with the cold-dispersing and exterior-releasing herbs such as Qiang Huo, Bai Zhi and Fang Feng.
In addition, it can brighten the eyes and is indicated for night blindness, blurred vision and eye dryness for the actions of drying dampness and invigorating spleen, and elevating clear yang to nourish eyes. It can be used alone, cooked with liver of sheep or pig or combined with Shi jue Ming, etc.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 5~10 g.
Quality Assurance
This bulk herb Chao Cang Zhu 炒苍术 Chinese Atractylodes Rhizome Rhizoma Atractylodis is of premium quality. Our bulk Chinese herbs are mostly wild harvested but some herbs are farm grown to protect their natural habitats and meet incremental market demands. The harvests of right species at proper maturity are identified by experienced professionals, cleaned, cut or sliced, and dried. Cases, special processing methods such as soaking with rice wine, steaming, roasting are applied as mandated by traditional Chinese medicine traditions to prepare the Chinese herbs to achieve desired properties, enhance efficacy, and reduce toxicity.
Warning
In the course of formulas to enhance each other's desirable action and to minimize any potential side effect. In TCM, Chinese herbs are mostly combined in the context of formulas to enhance each other's desirable action and to minimize any potential side effect.
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