Atractylodes
Genus of flowering plants
Atractylodes is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
01Species
Atractylodes is native to eastern Asia.
- Atractylodes amurensis, Korea, Amur
- Atractylodes carlinoides, Hubei
- Atractylodes japonica, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Primorye
- Atractylodes koreana, Korean atractylodes, Korea, Liaoning, Shandong
- Atractylodes lancea, Japan, Korea, Primorye, Myanmar, Vietnam, India
- Atractylodes macrocephala, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India
- Atractylodes ovata, ovate-leaf atractylodes, Primorye, Amur, Khabarovsk, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia
- Atractylodes rubra
02Medicinal uses
The rhizome of some species, including Atractylodes lancea, and A. macrocephala (Chinese: 白朮), are used in traditional Chinese medicine, and in Japanese medicine, as a diuretic, an anti-inflammatory, an anti-coagulant, together with other uses.
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