SOUTHERN TSANGSHU CANG ZHU

SOUTHERN TSANGSHU, CANG ZHU (Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.) ++

Synonyms :
Atractylis lancea Thunb., Atractylis ovata Thunb.

Perry treats all three of the species covered here as one from a medicinal point of view for some indications: A. japonica, A. lancea (Thunb.) DC., and A. macrocephala Koidz. I entered those indications for all three. Perhaps they should be aggregated, perhaps not. HH3 treated all three separately, but for reasons that escape me, PH2 left out A. macrocephala, perhaps the better known of the trio.

Activities (Southern Tsangshu) :
Antianoxic (1; X2268908); Antibacterial (1; DAA; LAF); Anticomplementary (1; HH3); Antidepressant (f; LAF); Antigastric (1; PH2); Antiinflammatory (1; LAF; X9544564); Antioxidant (1; X8870957); Antipeptic (1; HH3); Antiseptic (1; DAA; LAF; PH2); Antiulcer (1; HH3); Antiviral (1; HH3; LAF); Candidicide (1; DAA); Cyclo-oxygenase Inhibitor (1; X9544564); Diuretic (f; LMP); Fungicide (1; DAA; LAF); Hepatoprotective (1; HH3; PH2); Immunostimulant (1; HH3; PH2); Lipoxygenase Inhibitor (1; X9544564); Secretolytic (1; PH2); Sedative (1; PH2); Splenotonic (f; LMP); Stimulant (f; LMP).

Indications (Southern Tsangshu) :
Acne (f; LAF); Anorexia (f; LAF); Arthrosis (f; LAF); Atrophy (f; PH2); Bacteria (1; DAA; LAF); Candida (1; DAA); Cold (f; LAF; PH2); Debility (f; HH3; PH2); Depression (f; LAF); Diarrhea (f; LAF; LMP; PH2); Dropsy (f; LMP); Dyspepsia (f; DAA; LAF; LMP); Eczema (f; DAA; LAF); Edema (f; DAA; LAF; PH2); Enterosis (f; LAF; PH2); Escherichia (1; DAA); Fungus (1; DAA; LAF); Gastrosis (f; LMP; PH2); Hepatosis (1; HH3; PH2); Immunodepression (1; HH3; PH2); Infection (1; DAA; HH3; LAF); Inflammation (1; LAF; X9544564); Insomnia (1; PH2); Mycosis (1; DAA; LAF); Nephrosis (f; PH2); Nervousness (1; PH2); Nyctalopia (f; DAA; LAF; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; LAF); Pain (f; PH2); Rheumatism (f; PH2); Splenosis (f; LMP); Staphylococcus (1; LAF); Swelling (f; PH2); Ulcer (1; HH3); Virus (1; HH3; LAF); Wart (f; LAF); Water Retention (f; LMP); Yeast (1; DAA).

Dosages (Southern Tsangshu) :
3–9 g/drug (PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Southern Tsangshu) :
Class 1 (AHP). “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).