Largehead Atractylodes Rhizome / Bai Zhu (16oz)

白术/山蓟（16oz/包）

山蓟、杨枹蓟、山芥、天蓟、山姜、山连、山精、乞力伽、冬白术、于术、冬术、浙术、种术
性味: 苦甘，温。
经脉: 入脾经、胃经。

主治: 补脾，益胃，燥湿，和中，安胎。治脾胃气弱，不思饮食，倦怠少气，虚胀，泄泻，痰饮，水肿，黄疸，湿痹，小便不利，头晕，自汗，胎气不安。

注意禁忌: 阴虚燥渴，气滞胀闷者忌服。

【食疗方】

1.白术薏米粥
白术30克，白米50克，薏苡仁50克，白糖适量。先煎白术去渣，后入诸米熬煮成粥，早晚食用。
功效：可健脾化湿、开胃消食。

2.益脾饼
红枣肉250克，鸡内金60克、生白术120克、干姜粉60克；将鸡内金、白术洗净，以文火焙干，研成细末，加入干姜粉和枣内，同捣如泥，制成小饼，放入烤箱内烘干，即可食用。
功效 具补脾温中、健胃消食；适用于消化性溃疡病尚无出血。 

Largehead Atractylodes Rhizome

Atractylodes is used for indigestion, stomachache, bloating, fluid retention, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss due to cancer, allergies to dust mites, and joint pain (rheumatism). It has scientifically proven antioxidant benefits. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6268131/

Rhizoma Atractylodes macrocephala has effective antioxidant ability which may be responsible for its various pharmacological effects. It exerts its antioxidant effect through metal-chelation and radical-scavenging actions which occur via donation of hydrogen atoms (H•) and electrons (e). Its metal-chelation may result from its flavonoids, while its radical-scavenging is attributed to the presence of phenolic acids, especially caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and protocatechuic acid.

This dried herb tastes  bitter/sweet, and is warming. It enters the spleen meridian and stomach meridian. Indications: To invigorate the spleen, benefit the stomach, dry dampness, harmonize digestion, and relieve fetus aggitation. It is said to “Cure weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, fatigue, lack of qi vital energy, swelling, diarrhea, phlegm, edema, jaundice, dampness i.e., swelling and water retention, dysuria, dizziness, spontaneous sweating, uneasy fetus.”

Cautions: The herb should be avoided by people with yin deficiency, fever, dryness and thirst, qi stagnation and swelling, rib and chest pain, jaundice.  

Diet Therapy  

1. Atractylodes barley porridge  

Ingredients: 

30 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 50 grams of white rice, 50 grams of coix seed, appropriate amount of sugar. 

First, fry Atractylodes macrocephala to remove the residue, then add the rice to boil into porridge, eat it in the morning and evening.  

Efficacy: It can invigorate the spleen, dispel dampness, improve appetite and eliminate food stagnation i.e., abdominal pain and bloating.  

2.  Largehead Atractylodes Cake  

Ingredients:

250 grams of red jujube, 60 grams of chicken's Gizzard-membrane, 120 grams of raw Atractylodes macrocephala, 60 grams of dried ginger powder. 

Wash the chicken's Gizzard-membrane and Atractylodes macrocephala. Dry the sliced herb with a slow fire, and grind it into powder. Add dried ginger powder and jujube then pound it like a mash, make into a small cake, put it in the oven and bake it, and then enjoy  

Efficacy: It can nourish the spleen and warm the middle, invigorate the stomach and eliminate food stagnation; it is suitable for peptic ulcer disease without bleeding.