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Pin Yin: fu ling
Common name: tuckahoe, hoelen
Botanical family: Polyporaceae
Botanical name: Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf
Primary action: Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Secondary actions:
Fortify or Strengthen
Spleen (Supplement Qi)
;
Transform Cold
Phlegm
;
Nourish Heart and
Calm Spirit
Temperature: neutral
Taste: bland to slightly sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, Sp, Ht, UB
Actions:
Promotes urination and leaches Dampness; used in edema or scanty urination
caused by Dampness Stagnation or Damp Heat.
Fortifies Spleen and harmonizes Middle Burner.
Fortifies Spleen and transforms Phlegm.
Calms the Heart and Spirit.
(See
Spleen Qi Vacuity
;
Spleen Damp
;
Phlegm
.)
Indications: edema, phlegm, inhibited urination, diarrhea,
palpitations, insomnia, loose stool, poor appetite
Dosage:
2-5 qian; up to 20 qian in cases of acute facial edema.
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