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苍术（Chinese Atractylodes） Introduction to the efficacy of Atractylodes japonica: Atractylodes japonica (certified materia medica) [synonym] Chishu (Tao Hongjing), Ma Ji (Department of Shuowen), green (Zhang Gun operation, John Whiteleg) urgy (compendium). [source] is the rhizome of the composite plant Atractylodes or Rhizoma atractylodis. [plant morphology] south Atractylodes perennial herbs, 30~80 cm tall. The rhizomes are large and irregular. Stems simple, rounded, with longitudinal ribs, slightly branched above. Ye Husheng, leathery and thick; the lower stem leaves are 3 lobed, lobes apex, lobes ovate, apex 1 large, base cuneate, sessile and slightly clasping; the upper stem leaves ovate lanceolate to oblong, ca. 4 cm, width 1 ~ 1.5 cm, sessile, leaf margin have thorns tooth. The above dark green, obscurely glaucous beneath. Capitate inflorescences ca. 2 cm; clinanthium sessile, medium and fine Lang lobate runcinate spiny bracts; involucral bracts 6 to 8 layers, lanceolate, membranous, abaxially green, with purple edges and fine hair, take the receptacle; flowers numerous, flat, bisexual flowers and many unisexual flowers two flowers are dioecious; most feathery pappus length; corolla tubular, white, sometimes slightly reddish purple, apex 5 lobed, lobes linear; filaments separation; ovary long column, densely white pilose, style slender, 2 lobed stigma. General unisexual pistillate flowers, with 5 staminodes linear, apex slightly degraded completely separate stamens, curly, and bisexual flowers with the rest. Achene oblong, ca. 5 mm, brownish yellow pilose. Florescence 8~10 months. Fruit period 9~10 months. Born on a dry hillside. Distribution of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hebei, Shandong and other places. Chinese Atractylodes rhizome, also called Atractylodes rhizome, spear head, mountain thorn vegetable. Herbs perennial, 30~50 cm tall. Rootstock hypertrophy, nodular. Ye Wubing; the lower stem leaves spatulate, ranged from 3 to 5 pinnate deep inci