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BAI ZHU, ATRACTYLODES (Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.) ++Perry treats all three of the species covered here as one from a medicinal point of view for some
indications: A. japonica, lancea, and macrocephala. 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 macrocephala, perhaps the better known of the trio.
Activities (Bai Zhu) — Anhidrotic (f; LMP); Antiaggregant (1; HH3; LAF); Anticancer (1; HH3);
Anticholinergic (1; X11263255); Antiinflammatory (1; LAF); Antioxidant (1; X8870957); Cardio-
active (1; HH3); Diuretic (1; HH3; LAF); Fungicide (1; DAA); Hepatoprotective (1; LAF);
Hypoglycemic (1; HH3; LAF); Immunostimulant (1; HH3; LAF); Laxative (f; LMP); Leukocyto-
genic (1; HH3); Phagocytotic (1; HH3; LAF); Sedative (f; DAA; LMP); Stomachic (f; DAA); Tonic
(f; LAF); Uterorelaxant (1; X11263255).
Indications (Bai Zhu) — Anemia (f; DAA); Anorexia (f; HH3); Bronchosis (f; DAA); Cancer (1;
HH3; LAF); Cancer, breast (f; DAA); Cancer, cervix (f; DAA); Cancer, stomach (f; DAA); Cancer,
uterus (f; DAA); Cervisosis (f; DAA); Chemotherapy (f; LAF); Childbirth (f; DAA; LAF; LMP);
Chill (f; DAA); Constipation (f; LAF; LMP); Cough (f; DAA); Diarrhea (f; DAA; LAF); Dyspepsia
(f; DAA; LAF); Dysuria (f; DAA); Eczema (f; DAA; LMP); Edema (f; DAA); Enterosis (f; DAA);
Fungus (1; DAA); Gas (f; LAF); Gastrosis (f; DAA); Hyperglycemia (1; HH3; LAF); Immunode-
pression (1; HH3; LAF); Infection (1; DAA); Inflammation (1; LAF); Insomnia (f; DAA; LMP);
Jaundice (f; DAA); Leukopenia (1; HH3; LAF); Liver Spot (f; LAF); Mastosis (f; DAA); Mycosis
(1; DAA); Nausea (f; DAA); Nervousness (f; DAA; LMP); Night Sweats (f; DAA); Radiation (f;
LAF); Rheumatism (f; DAA); Splenosis (f; DAA; LAF); Uterosis (f; DAA); Vertigo (f; DAA);
Virus (1; DAA); Water Retention (1; HH3; LAF); Wrinkle (f; LAF); Yeast (1; DAA).
Dosages (Bai Zhu) — 6–12 g (HH3).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Bai Zhu) — Class 1 (AHP). LD50 (Decoc-
tion) 13,300 mg/kg ipr mouse (HH3).
BALLOON FLOWER (Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC) ++Synonym — Campanula glauca Thunb., C. grandiflora Jacq., P. glaucus (Thunb.) Nakai