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Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. - syn.Atractylodes chinensis (Bunge) Koidz.; Atractylodes japonica Koidz. ex Kitam.; Atractylodes lyrata Siebold & Zucc.; Atractylodes ovata (Thunb.) DC. - Asteraceae
苍术 cāngzhú (chin.), ホソバオケラ hosobaokera (jap.), southern tsangshu, swordlike atractylodes
Atractylodes japonica Koidz. ex Kit. - Wa-byakulu-tsu (jap.), JP XII
Atractylodes ovata DC. - Kara-byakujutsu (jap.), JP XII
Perennial herb, up to 70cm tall, native to East Asia (China, Korea, Japan), cultivated there; leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, up to 4cm long, serrate; flowers white, tinged with purple, terminal.
The dried finger-shaped, roughly monilifrom rhizomes are 3-9cm long, smell somewaht aromatic and own a warm and bitter taste. Indications are oedama and water retention, vomiting and loss of appetite.
[Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species., World Health Organization., 1989, 48-49]
„Atractylodes lancea Thunb. is a species of Atractylodes that grows in central China. It is one source of cāng zhú, a Chinese herbal medicine that is believed to act primarily on the digestive system.“
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