[Nature and flavor and meridians]: bitter, sweet, warm; enters the spleen and stomach meridians.
 [Effects and characteristics]: It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, drying dampness and promoting diuresis, consolidating the exterior and stopping sweating, replenishing qi and stabilizing the fetus.
 It is used for weak spleen and stomach qi, loss of appetite, fatigue and shortness of breath, bloating, diarrhea, phlegm and fluid, edema, jaundice, dampness, difficulty urinating, dizziness, spontaneous sweating, and fetal restlessness.
 [Regular dosage]: Decoction, 10-15 grams.
 [Precautions]: Patients with yin deficiency, internal heat, and body fluid deficiency should take it with caution; those with internal pathogenic factors should not take it.
 【Medical records】
 "Ben Jing": It is used to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, dead muscles, spasm, jaundice, stop sweating, eliminate heat and aid digestion.
 "Bie Lu": It is used to treat severe wind in the body and face, dizziness and headache, tears in the eyes, eliminate phlegm and water, expel swelling between the skin caused by wind and water, eliminate the fullness under the heart, and the continuous vomiting and diarrhea caused by cholera, promote blood circulation between the waist and navel, increase body fluids, warm the stomach, and improve digestion and appetite.
 "Materia Medica": It is used to treat severe wind and stubborn arthritis, long-term dysentery, heart and abdominal distension and pain, eliminate old food, stimulate the appetite, remove phlegm, eliminate cold and heat, stop diarrhea, make the face bright, maintain the complexion and remove wrinkles, treat edema, stop vomiting, cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, and cold dysentery caused by stomach qi deficiency.
 "Tang Materia Medica": facilitates urination.
 "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It can treat all wind diseases, five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, abdominal distension caused by cold air, nourish the waist and knees, eliminate phlegm, treat water vapor, promote urination, stop nausea and vomiting, as well as weak tendons and bones, abdominal masses, cold syndromes and abdominal masses in women, febrile diseases, mountain mist and miasma, and relieve restlessness and strengthen muscles.
 "Origins of Medicine": Removes dampness and replenishes dryness, harmonizes the middle and replenishes Qi, warms the middle, removes dampness from the spleen and stomach, removes stomach heat, strengthens the spleen and stomach, promotes appetite, harmonizes the stomach, produces body fluids, treats muscle heat, fatigue in the limbs, unwillingness to open the eyes, laziness and love of lying down, loss of appetite, quenches thirst, and stabilizes the fetus.
 Li Gao: Remove dampness from various meridians and regulate the spleen and stomach.
 Wang Haogu: Lizhong benefits the spleen, replenishes the liver and treats wind deficiency. It is used to treat stiffness of the tongue root, vomiting after eating, epigastric pain, heaviness of the body, acute pain under the heart, water retention under the heart, disease of the Chong meridian, urgent internal pain caused by reverse qi, and pain in the navel and abdomen.
 "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: If there is sweat, it stops; if there is no sweat, it causes diarrhea. It can eliminate phlegm.
 【Predecessors release medicine】
 "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: The spleen hates dampness. If dampness prevails, Qi cannot be transformed, and how can body fluid be produced? Therefore, it is said that the bladder is the place where body fluid is stored. When Qi is transformed, it can be discharged. If Atractylodes macrocephala is used to remove dampness, Qi can circulate and body fluid can be produced.
 "Ben Cao Tong Xuan" says: Atractylodes macrocephala is a medicine for nourishing the spleen and stomach, and there is no better medicine than it. When the earth is strong, it can strengthen the movement, so those who cannot eat, those who have food stagnation, and those who have lumps and accumulation can all use it. When the earth is strong, it can overcome dampness, so those who suffer from phlegm and fluid, swelling, and dampness and arthritis all rely on it. When the earth is strong, the clear air is good at rising, and the essence is sent up, the turbid air is good at descending, and the dregs are sent down, so those who vomit and diarrhea cannot be missing it. "Bie Lu" believes that it is beneficial to the blood between the waist and navel, because the spleen and stomach control the blood of the whole body, and the waist and navel are its divisions. With its nourishing function, blood stasis dare not stay. Zhang Yuansu said that it produces body fluid and quenches thirst, and the dampness is gone and the qi can circulate, and body fluid is produced. It is said that it can eliminate phlegm, because there is no dampness in the spleen, phlegm will not be produced. It is also used to calm the fetus, and it removes heat in the stomach.
 "Ben Cao Chong Yuan" says: "If you want to nourish the spleen, use Atractylodes macrocephala. If you want to move the spleen, use Atractylodes macrocephala. If you want to nourish and move both, use both. If you nourish more and move less, use more Atractylodes macrocephala and less Atractylodes macrocephala. If you move more and nourish less, use more Atractylodes macrocephala and less Atractylodes macrocephala. Although there are two types, they are actually the same. "Ben Cao" does not distinguish between Atractylodes macrocephala and Bai, but Zhong Zu's "Shang Han" prescriptions all use Atractylodes macrocephala. In the "Jingui" prescriptions, red Atractylodes macrocephala is used. In Tao Hongjing's "Bie Lu", it is divided into two. It should be noted that the distinction between red and white began with Zhong Zu, not Hongjing. Red Atractylodes macrocephala is Atractylodes macrocephala, and its function is similar to that of Atractylodes macrocephala, so the main treatment of Atractylodes macrocephala in "Ben Cao" is still the basis. However, Atractylodes macrocephala tastes sweet, while Atractylodes macrocephala is bitter. Atractylodes macrocephala stops sweating, while Atractylodes macrocephala causes sweating, so the words "stop sweating" are omitted. Later generations said that Atractylodes macrocephala tastes bitter, but in fact, Atractylodes macrocephala tastes sweet and slightly bitter.
 "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: Atractylodes macrocephala, when used raw, can remove dampness and replenish dryness, eliminate phlegm and promote diuresis, treat wind-cold and dampness arthritis, dead muscles, spasm and jaundice, disperse blood between the waist and navel, and treat Chong meridian diseases, and the effects of reverse qi and urgency; when cooked, it can harmonize the middle and replenish qi, quench thirst, produce body fluid, stop sweating and eliminate heat, promote appetite, and stabilize the fetus.
 "Changsha Yaojie": Atractylodes macrocephala is quite stagnant in nature, so it should be supplemented with products that can disperse and promote qi. If the lungs and stomach are blocked, add ginger and Pinellia ternata to expel turbidity. If the liver and spleen are blocked, add Amomum villosum and cinnamon twig to relieve depression. Let it nourish and promote the flow of qi, then it will be good without any harm.
 "Medical Records of Chinese and Western Medicine": Atractylodes macrocephala is warm and dry in nature, has no fragrant smell, tastes bitter, slightly sweet and slightly spicy, is good at strengthening the spleen and stomach, eliminating phlegm and water, stopping diarrhea, treating bloating caused by spleen deficiency, thirst caused by spleen dampness, weakness of the limbs, and even pain. When used with cooling and moistening drugs, it is also good at nourishing the lungs; when used with ascending and dispersing drugs, it is also good at regulating the liver; when used with calming drugs, it is also good at nourishing the heart; when used with yin-nourishing drugs, it is also good at nourishing the kidneys. Because it has all the virtues of the earth, it is an essential medicine for acquired life, so it can benefit the four internal organs of gold, wood, water, and fire.