白术（Atractylodes）.doc

白术（Atractylodes） [effect of Baizhu]: Atractylodes macrocephala (Tao Hongjing) [synonym] Yang Baoji, white atractylodes (Ya), (this after surgery), Barbarea), day ( Wu Pu thistle herb ), Alpinia ( Ya ), for gamma ( Southern grass ), ( mountain spirit God medicine ), ( not even the Mountain ), winter (Atractylodes get with herb ). [source] is the rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala. [plant morphology] perennial Atractylodes herb, 30~80 cm tall. Rootstock thick, slightly boxing. Stem erect, upper branched, base woody, with conspicuous longitudinal grooves. Leaves alternate; lower stem leaves a long handle, blade 3 - parted, I was deeply 5 - lobed, middle lobe larger, elliptic or ovate and needle, both lobes small, usually ovate lanceolate, base asymmetric; petiole short stem leaf, leaf blade undivided, elliptic to ovate lanceolate. From 4 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base tapering decurrent into Bingzhuang, leaf margin were spiny toothed, above green, the pale green, quilted significantly. Capitate inflorescences, diameter 2 ~ 4 cm; bracts campanulate, involucral bracts 7 ~ 8, membranous, imbricate; basal leaf bracts 1 round, pinnatipartite, surrounded by involucre; flowers numerous, was born in the flat receptacle; corolla tube, the lower part of the fine, pale yellow, the upper shoot apex swollen, purple, 5 - lobed, lobes lanceolate, abduction or reflexed; stamens 5, anthers linear, filaments free; pistil 1, ovary densely pale brown tomentose, style slender, stigma capitate, with 1 shallow crack top center. Achene oblong elliptic, slightly flattened, ca. 8 mm, ca. 2.5 mm in diameter, is yellowish white tomentose, round crested top residual traces. Florescence 9~10 months. Fruit period 10~11 months. Originally born in the mountains and hills, wild species in the country of origin have disappeared. Now widely cultivated, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, while the largest number of cultivate