It is also known for its ability to calm the fetus, and has been hailed by previous generations as “the first medicine for strengthening the spleen. The legendary story of Atractylodes Macrocephalae is recorded in “The Legend of the Immortals”: Once, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was on a hunting tour in the east and was amazed to see an old man with black hair and vigorous spirit, so he asked him about his daily life. The old man replied, “Before I was 85 years old, my hair had turned white and my teeth had fallen out, but when I met a Taoist, he taught me to take Baijiao, and since then, I have been taking it for a long time. A similar story is also recorded in “Baopu Zi”: “Nanyang Wen, who fled to the mountains in the late Han Dynasty, was starving to death, and was taught the art of food, so he was not hungry. After several decades, he returned to his hometown with less color and more energy.” Source】The dried rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala, family Asteraceae. Origin】Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces. Mostly cultivated products. Taste】Sweet, bitter, warm. It belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians. Efficacy】Strengthens the spleen, strengthens the qi, dries dampness and diuresis, stops sweating and calms the fetus. Atractylodes macrocephala 1, the first stove heart soil placed in a pot heated, fried until the soil is flexible state into Atractylodes slices, fried until the surface of Atractylodes evenly hanging powder, remove, sieve the soil, let cool. For every 100kg of Atractylodes slices, 25kg of Zao Xin Tu is used. After frying, the earth energy of Zao Xin Tu is used to help the spleen, which can enhance the effect of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea. 2, bran fried atractylodes First, heat the pot, sprinkle into the bran, wait for the smoke into the atractylodes, constantly stirring, fried until the atractylodes is burnt yellow, escaping from the burnt aroma, remove, sieve the bran, let cool. For every 100kg of Atractylodes slices, use 10kg of wheat bran. Atractylodes bran frying can moderate dryness and enhance the effect of strengthening the spleen. Atractylodes Macrocephala is used clinically for: (1) Spleen Qi deficiency, to strengthen the spleen and dry dampness as the main role, often used with ginseng and poria. (2) Qi deficiency spontaneous sweating, its effect is similar to that of Astragalus and slightly less powerful, it should be used in combination with Astragalus and Fangfeng. (3) Spleen deficiency and fetal restlessness. It can benefit Qi and calm the fetus. In addition, Atractylodes macrocephala is not suitable for everyone in use. 2.Appropriate evidence for Atractylodes macrocephala: (1) Absence of food and drink, tiredness and weakness. (2) Spleen and stomach Qi deficiency, chronic diarrhea. (3) sweating easily, old and young sweating, and children salivating. 3, white atractylodes contraindicated: bloated stomach and abdominal distension, gas stagnation and stuffiness. The difference between Atractylodes Macrocephala and Atractylodes Atractylodes Macrocephala is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica: “The ancient formula and the present Classic stop talking about atractylodes, without distinguishing between the two species of Atractylodes Macrocephala and Atractylodes Macrocephala”. (Cang Zhu will be introduced in detail later) The common efficacy of the two drugs to strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, the same can be used to treat dampness blocking the middle jiao, spleen loss of health evidence. Different efficacy of the two herbs 1. Atractylodes macrocephala is mainly for strengthening the spleen and benefiting the qi, and is suitable for those who are deficient in spleen and trapped in dampness and are on the deficient side; Atractylodes macrocephala is mainly for bitter warmth and dampness, and is suitable for those who are obstructed by dampness and are on the solid side. 2, Atractylodes macrocephala can diuretic, stop sweating and calm the fetus; Atractylodes macrocephala can sweat and relieve symptoms, dispel wind-dampness and brighten the eyes.