''Atractylodes lancea'' is a species of ''

Atractylodes ''Atractylodes'' is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Species ''Atractylodes'' is native to eastern Asia. * ''Atractylodes amurensis'' – Korea, Amur * ''Atractylodes carlinoides'' – Hubei * ''Atractylodes japonica' ...

'' that grows in central China. It is one source of cāng zhú, a

Chinese herbal medicine Chinese herbology () is the theory of traditional Chinese herbal therapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). A ''Nature'' editorial described TCM as "fraught with pseudoscience", and said that t ...

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* Cynareae Flora of China Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine {{Cynareae-stub