Medical Qiyuan" records that atractylodes macrocephala "removes dampness and benefits dryness, and in the benefit of qi, warming, remove dampness in the spleen and stomach, remove gastric fever, strong spleen and stomach, into the diet, quench thirst, and stabilize the fetus"; "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" records that atractylodes macrocephala "smells of sweet and warm, non-toxic, treatment of wind-cold-dampness paralysis, dead muscle, spasm, jaundice, to stop sweating, to remove heat, elimination of food! ";" Pharmaceutical Fugue "recorded atractylodes macrocephala "sweet flavor, temperature, non-toxic. Can be ascending or descending, Yang. Its use has four: watercourse, the dehumidification function; strong spleen and stomach, the effect of eating, with Scutellaria baicalensis has the ability to stabilize the fetus, Jun Hedgerow Hill has the wonderful anti-planking".

　　Atractylodes macrocephala is used for treating spleen deficiency with little food, abdominal distension and diarrhea, phlegm, palpitations, edema, spontaneous sweating, and restlessness of the fetus. It can be used with Codonopsis pilosula and licorice to tonify the spleen and stomach; it can be used with Citrus aurantium; it can be used with Chen Pi and Poria to strengthen the spleen and dry dampness to stop diarrhea; it can be used with Poria and Gui Zhi to treat cold drink; it can be used with Poria bark and Poria bark to treat oedema; it can be used with Astragalus membranaceus and floating wheat for sweating in the surface; it can be used with Scutellariae baicalensis if there are internal heat in the fetus and for those who have lumbar soreness, it can be used with Duchenne and Sangsang Sangsang.

　　Modern pharmacological research has found that Atractylodes macrocephala has a variety of pharmacological effects, such as antiulcer, hepatoprotection, enhancement of immune function, anti-stress, enhancement of hematopoietic function, diuretic, inhibition of uterine contraction, antioxidant, aging, hypoglycemic, anti-coagulant, anti-tumor and other pharmacological effects. Its pharmacological effects related to atractylodes macrocephala's spleen-enhancing and qi-benefiting effects are adjusting gastrointestinal motility, antiulcer, hepatoprotection, enhancing immune function, anti-stress, enhancing hematopoietic function, etc.; its drying dampness and water-inducing efficacy is related to diuretic effects; and the fetal-restraining efficacy is related to the inhibition of uterine contraction. It is contraindicated for people with deficiency of yin, dryness and thirst, stagnation of qi and flatulence. Into the decoction of the usual amount of 6-12 grams.

　　The efficacy of Atractylodes macrocephala varies with different preparations. Clinically used atractylodes macrocephala concoction methods are:

　　1. Raw Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, i.e., picking the impurities of Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, soaking and moistening it with water, fishing it out, slicing it and drying it in the sun. Atractylodes macrocephala is good at strengthening the spleen and laxative. Raw Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae used for laxative, into the decoction can be used up to 30 grams per day, often used with Citrus aurantium.

　　2. Fried Atractylodes macrocephala, also known as roasted atractylodes macrocephala, first one part of the bran sprinkled in a hot pan, and so there is smoke, and then ten parts of atractylodes macrocephala slices poured into the micro-frying until light yellow, remove, sieve off the bran and then cooled. Fried atractylodes is good at drying dampness.

　　3. Jiao atractylodes, also known as coke atractylodes, atractylodes charcoal, that is, atractylodes slices placed in the pot with a fire frying until charred yellow, sprayed with water, removed to dry. Atractylodes macrocephala is good at warming cold and dampness, astringent and stopping diarrhea.

　　4. earth fried atractylodes macrocephala: take a stove heart soil (liver) research for fine powder, placed in the pot fried hot, add five atractylodes macrocephala tablets, fried until the outside hangs with the color of the soil when removed, sieve off the soil, let cool. Soil fried atractylodes is known for strengthening the spleen and stomach, stopping diarrhea and vomiting.