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How to cultivate Atractylodes macrocephala for high yield
Atractylodes macrocephala is a herbaceous rhizomatous medicinal plant of the Asteraceae family, with its rhizome used as medicine; it has effects such as strengthening the spleen and boosting qi, resolving dampness and promoting diuresis, calming the fetus, and stopping sweating. It is naturally fond of warmth and coolness, can tolerate low temperatures, and fears high-temperature sunscald, drought, and waterlogging; it is not suitable for growing on saline-alkali land, heavy clay land, or sandy land, and is best cultivated on slightly acidic to alkaline sandy loam on shady slopes with fertile, deep, moist but not waterlogged soil. Atractylodes macrocephala dislikes continuous cropping; the previous crop is best a grass-family crop, and newly opened wasteland can also be planted. It should not be rotated with other crops to prevent disease infection. Its high-yield cultivation techniques are as follows.
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