Atractylodes

Atractylodes is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2][3]

Atractylodes
Atractylodes lancea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carlininae
Genus:	Atractylodes DC.
Synonyms[1]
Giraldia Baroni

Species

Atractylodes is native to eastern Asia.^[1][4]

• Atractylodes amurensis – Korea, Amur
• Atractylodes carlinoides – Hubei
• Atractylodes japonica – Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Primorye
• Atractylodes koreana – Korean atractylodes^[5] – Korea, Liaoning, Shandong
• Atractylodes lancea – Japan, Korea, Primorye, Myanmar, Vietnam, India
• Atractylodes macrocephala – China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India
• Atractylodes ovata – ovate-leaf atractylodes^[5] – Primorye, Amur, Khabarovsk, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia
• Atractylodes rubra

Medicinal uses

The rhizome of some species, including Atractylodes lancea, and A. macrocephala (Chinese: 白朮), are used in traditional Chinese medicine, and in Japanese medicine,^[6] as a diuretic, an anti-inflammatory, an anti-coagulant, together with other uses.^[7]