↑Click the blue text above to follow Health Management, and feel free to share with your friends Health Management Knowledgeable, warm, and with attitude, making your life healthier! Health Encyclopedia | Wellness Information | Parents’ Classroom Aconite (Fu Zi) is a commonly used Chinese medicinal herb. It has a pungent taste and a warm nature, … Read more
Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) is the rhizome of the plants Nan Cang Zhu (Southern Atractylodes) and Bei Cang Zhu (Northern Atractylodes), first recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Classic of Materia Medica), classified as a superior herb, noted for its ability to “be made into decoctions. Long-term use can lighten the body, … Read more
Introduction: In the “Golden Chamber” (Jin Kui Yao Lue), Zhang Zhongjing elaborates on the principles and treatments for rheumatism, including conditions such as spasmodic dampness, wind stroke, and blood obstruction due to deficiency. This article summarizes the differential diagnosis and treatment of rheumatism as discussed in the “Golden Chamber”: releasing the exterior and dispelling dampness … Read more
Chinese Medicine Book Club Issue 1126 One issue daily, accompanying the growth of TCM practitioners IIntroduction：This article should be studied in conjunction with the article “Using the Formulas and Methods from the “Essentials of the Golden Chamber” to Treat Rheumatic Diseases”. (Editor/Zhang Yajuan) Exploration of the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases in the “Essentials of the … Read more
Aconite is the first medicine in TCM for reviving yang and rescuing from reversal. There are over a hundred classical formulas recorded in TCM that include Aconite, among the most commonly known are Aconite Decoction (Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang), Aconite Soup (Fu Zi Tang), Aconite Warm Middle Decoction (Fu Zi Wen Zhong Tang), Aconite … Read more
The Efficacy of Atractylodes Atractylodes, a name in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), refers to the dried rhizome of the Asteraceae plant Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. or Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz. Alias: Chi Zhu, Qiang Tou Cai, Ma Ji Part Used: The dried rhizome of the plant. Properties: Pungent, bitter; warm in nature. Meridians Entered: It … Read more
Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) has a pungent and bitter taste, and a warm nature. It is associated with the Spleen, Stomach, and Liver meridians. Its functions include drying dampness, strengthening the Spleen, dispelling wind, and alleviating cold, as well as improving vision. It is used for symptoms such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, edema, beriberi, rheumatic pain, … Read more
Introduction The efficacy of Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) in treating various conditions originates from the Song Dynasty physician Xu Shuwei. Xu was fond of drinking, which harmed his spleen and stomach. A deficiency in the spleen leads to an inability to transform dampness, while Cang Zhu, being warm and bitter, can awaken the spleen and transform … Read more
苍术 (Cang Zhu) 苍术 (Cang Zhu) is the dried rhizome of the Asteraceae plant, either Atractylodes macrocephala or Atractylodes lancea. It has the effects of dispelling wind, scattering cold, and alleviating rheumatic pain. It is also known by other names such as 赤术 (Chi Zhu), 山蓟 (Shan Ji), 山精 (Shan Jing), 青术 (Qing Zhu), and … Read more
To prevent not finding it next time Atractylodes is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. It is classified as a superior herb in the “Shennong Bencao Jing” (Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica). Originally named “Zhu” (术), it was later differentiated into Bai Zhu (白术, White Atractylodes) and Cang Zhu (苍术, Atractylodes lancea) by Tao Hongjing … Read more