Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/cang-zhu/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/cang-zhu/">Bencao Index</a> cang zhu 苍术 Rhizoma Atractylodis Atractylodes Rhizome sojutsu changchul Aromatic Transform Damp Stomach Spleen

Strongly dries Damp and strengthens the Spleen

Damp blocking the Middle Jiao and hampering the Spleen's transforming and transporting, with a thick greasy tongue coat, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea or loose stools, a distended and pressured epigastrium, tiredness and heaviness of the body

Induces sweating, releases the Exterior and expels Wind-Damp

Wind-Damp or Wind-Cold-Damp with chills, fever and no sweating, headache, body aches and a blocked nose Painful limbs from Wind-Damp Bi

Dries Damp in the Lower Jiao

Downward-pouring Damp-Heat causing Leg Qi, vaginal discharge, swollen and aching joints, or certain atrophy disorders, together with Heat-clearing herbs

Improves vision

Night blindness, or failing vision with a gritty feeling in the eyes