White Atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephala)

白术bái shùBaishu

Atractylodes macrocephala · Plant

Atractylodes, standing in for Atractylodes macrocephala
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Caution in pregnancy; avoid with profuse sweating.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists White Atractylodes for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Diarrhea SyndromeFatigue SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says White Atractylodes does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit DigestiveBenefit DiureticBenefit ImmuneBenefit Spleen

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Atractylodes macrocephala and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.