Is Atractylodes macrocephala hot or cold?

What are the effects, functions and taboos of Atractylodes macrocephala? In daily life, many people are not clear about what Atractylodes macrocephala is. In fact, Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos are not only a relatively precious Chinese herbal medicine, but can also be used in the pharmaceutical industry. So, are Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos hot or cool in nature?

The Chinese herbal medicine Atractylodes macrocephala is warm in nature and is used to treat spleen deficiency, food stagnation, abdominal distension and diarrhea, phlegm and palpitations, edema, and night sweats.

As a Chinese herbal medicine, Baizhu Fuling is familiar to many people. In fact, you only know one of its functions but not the other. Let's take a look at its functions below!

Effects and Benefits of Atractylodes

1. Good for urination

It has a significant and long-lasting diuretic effect and is effective for animals such as rats, rabbits, and dogs.

2. Effect of lowering blood lipids

When rabbits were gavaged with decoction or Chinese herbal extract, their blood sugar levels decreased slightly.

3. Strengthening effect

Atractylodes and Poria have the effect of increasing white blood cells. Atractylodes and Poria can also increase the reticulocyte conversion rate and the natural rose production rate, promote the function of immune cells, and significantly increase IgG. It shows that Atractylodes and Poria have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, strengthening the body and improving disease resistance.

4. Anticoagulant effect

Atractylodes and Poria have a significant inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation. Normal people take 5% root decoction, 1 tablespoon each time, 3 times a day. After 4 days, the prothrombin time and coagulation time are significantly increased. Ten days after stopping the drug, the index values ​​return to the level before medication. The ethanol extract also has an actual effect, but the maintenance time is short.

5. Effects on the endocrine system

Atractylodes and Poria have the effect of dilating capillaries. It has an inhibitory effect on the heart and can cause cardiac arrest when used in excessive doses. When 0.1g/kg of the decoction was injected intravenously into anesthetized dogs, the blood pressure dropped slightly to 0.25g/kg, and the blood pressure dropped sharply and did not recover within 3 to 4 hours.

6. Anti-tumor effect

In vitro experiments showed that the neutral oil in Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos volatile oil had a significant inhibitory effect on esophageal cancer cells. At 10Mcg/ml, all tumor cells can be eliminated within 24 hours.

7. Effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle

Previous reports have shown that Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos have no effect on digestive tract functions (such as gastric acid metabolism of gastric juice, motile gastrointestinal function, etc.), nor do they have anti-ulcer, anti-infection and analgesic effects, and do not affect the normal body temperature of the human body.

8. Antibacterial effect

The immersion solution has an inhibitory effect on flocculent dermatophytes and astrocytes in vitro. The decoction also has an inhibitory effect on meningococci. It has been recently reported that Baizhu Fuling decoction and Sijunzi decoction have different degrees of antibacterial effects on Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi A, Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc., while they have no antibacterial effect.

Taboos of Atractylodes macrocephala

1. Patients with kidney yin deficiency, dryness, thirst, qi stagnation, and bloating should not take this medicine.

2. Avoid eating peaches, plums, cabbage, sparrow meat, and large blue carp.

3. "Pharmaceutical Chemistry": Any stagnation of qi and blood stasis, bloating and stuffiness, wheezing and congestion, stomachache caused by fire, carbuncle with pus, and bloating caused by fullness in dark and thin people, both are suitable and unsuitable.