Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

chì fú líng / 赤茯苓 / 赤茯苓 / red poria;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Poria Rubra

Alternate English names: red hoelen; red tuckahoe

Alternate Chinese names: 赤茯 chì fú; 赤苓 chì líng

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Water-disinhibiting dampness-percolating agents / Water-disinhibiting swelling-dispersing agents

Properties: Sweet and bland; balanced; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: heart, spleen, and bladder channels.

Indications:

Moves water and disinhibits damp-heat.

inhibited urination; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); diarrhea.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: Decoct (6–12g) or use in pills or powders.

Warning:

Contraindicated in qì vacuity fall and vacuity cold seminal efflux.

Notes:

This is the pink outer part of the poria sclerotium.

See also:

fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria;)