Atractylodes
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Atractylodes is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7156#page/53/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(1): 48][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022449 Tropicos, Atractylodes DC.]
Species
Atractylodes is native to eastern Asia.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103101 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 39 苍术属 cang shu shu Atractylodes Candolle]
- Atractylodes amurensis – Korea, Amur
- Atractylodes carlinoides – Hubei
- Atractylodes japonica – Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Primorye
- Atractylodes koreana – Korean atractylodes{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=Korea National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=370 |access-date=17 December 2016 |via=Korea Forest Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 }} – 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
Medicinal uses
The rhizome of some species, including Atractylodes lancea, and A. macrocephala ({{zh|c=白朮}}), are used in traditional Chinese medicine, and in Japanese medicine,{{Cite web |title=KEGG DRUG: Atractylodes rhizome |url=https://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?dr:D06780 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.genome.jp}} as a diuretic, an anti-inflammatory, an anti-coagulant, together with other uses.{{Cite web |title=Kampo virtual class {{!}} Japanese Kampo Medicine｜Kampo Igaku Center Keio University Medical School: Atractylodis-rhizoma |url=https://www.keio-kampo.jp/vc/catalog/herbs/atractylodis-rhizoma.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.keio-kampo.jp}}
References
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