The difference between Atractylodes macrocephala and Atractylodes macrocephala

Atractylodes and Atractylodes are both common Chinese medicinal materials, but many people don't know much about them. In addition, their names are similar, and their medicinal values ​​are similar, which causes some people to confuse Atractylodes and Atractylodes. In fact, although Atractylodes and Atractylodes have many similarities in pharmacological effects, they are actually different. So what are the differences between Atractylodes and Atractylodes?

The difference between Atractylodes macrocephala and Atractylodes macrocephala

The difference between the origin of Atractylodes and Atractylodes

1. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes lancea or Atractylodes macrocephala, plants of the genus Atractylodes in the Asteraceae family.

2. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is the dried rhizome of the plant Atractylodes macrocephala of the Asteraceae family.

The difference between Atractylodes macrocephala and Atractylodes macrocephala

1. Atractylodes: Atractylodes lancea is irregularly beaded or cylindrical in shape, with a gray-brown surface, solid texture, yellow-white or grayish white cross-section, and a unique aroma. Atractylodes lancea is lumpy or cylindrical in shape, with a black-brown surface, loose texture, scattered yellow-brown oil chambers on the cross section, and a light aroma.

2. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is a regular, thick mass with a gray-yellow or gray-brown surface, with tumor-like protrusions and intermittent longitudinal wrinkles and grooves. It is hard and not easy to break. The cross section is uneven and yellow-white to light brown in color. There are scattered brown-yellow oil chambers. It has a fragrant smell and is sticky when chewed.

The difference between the origin of Atractylodes and Atractylodes

1. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan and other places. It grows wild on hillside grasslands, under forests, in bushes and in rock crevices, and is widely cultivated in medicinal gardens across the country.

2. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is cultivated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan in my country, but it grows wild in Jiangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang and Sichuan, growing wild on hillside grasslands and under hillside forests.

The difference between the efficacy of Atractylodes and Atractylodes

1. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is bitter, warm and a dampness-drying in nature. It is an important medicine for regulating the spleen and suitable for patients with internal obstruction of dampness and turbidity and with a tendency towards solid evidence. It also has the effects of inducing sweat and relieving exterior symptoms, removing rheumatism and improving eyesight. It is often used to treat wind-cold and dampness exterior symptoms, rheumatic arthralgia, night blindness and blurred vision.

2. Atractylodes: Atractylodes is mainly used to strengthen the spleen and replenish Qi. It is an important medicine for tonifying the spleen. It is suitable for those with spleen deficiency and dampness and tends to be deficiency syndrome. It also has the functions of diuresis, antiperspirant, and stabilizing the fetus. It is used to treat spleen deficiency edema, spleen and lung Qi deficiency, weak Wei Qi, spontaneous sweating due to superficial deficiency, and fetal movement disorder.