Genus of flowering plants
Atractylodes is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
Species
Atractylodes is native to eastern Asia.[1][4]
- Atractylodes amurensis – Korea, Amur
- Atractylodes carlinoides – Hubei
- Atractylodes japonica – Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Primorye
- Atractylodes koreana – Korean atractylodes[5] – Korea, Liaoning, Shandong
- Atractylodes lancea – Japan, Korea, Primorye, Myanmar, Vietnam, India
- Atractylodes macrocephala – China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India
- Atractylodes ovata – ovate-leaf atractylodes[5] – Primorye, Amur, Khabarovsk, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia
- Atractylodes rubra
Medicinal 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,[6] as a diuretic, an anti-inflammatory, an anti-coagulant, together with other uses.[7]
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