Research on medicinal and food functions of Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma in the past dynasties
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20240509-00079
- VernacularTitle:历代白术药食两用源流考
- Author:
Lufeng ZHENG
1
;
Zilin CHEN
;
Zhilai ZHAN
;
Hongtao LI
;
Guangkun CHEN
Author Information
1. 中国中医科学院中医药信息研究所2022级硕士研究生，北京 100700
- Keywords:
Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma;
Medicine and food;
Regimen;
Incunabula as topic (TCMP)
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;47(5):577-585
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
By sorting out the records of Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma as food and medicine, this article believed that Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma as the same origin of medicine and food for a long history, the earliest in the Qin and Han Dynasty Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing: "Zhu, bitter and warm, having efficacy for cold, dampness, paralysis of dead muscles, and spasm; antiperspirant, removing heat, digesting food, and be used as decoction bait; taking for a long time, losing weight and prolonging life, and don't be hungry". On the basis of Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, later doctors continue to conduct long-term clinical observation and compatibility of its medicine and food efficacy, which is widely used in internal, external, gynaecology, pediatrics, skin and other departments, to treat spleen and stomach diseases, epidemic diseases, kidney diseases, etc. At the same time of clinical practice, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma is also widely used in the folk for dietary therapy, including decoction bait, ointment, decoction, soup and other edible methods. Therefore, as a medicine and food and health preservation product, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma has great development potential in daily health care and disease diagnosis and treatment with the effects of non-toxic, satiety and longevity.
