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Red poria
赤茯苓 〔赤茯苓〕chì fú líng
Latin pharmacognostic name: Poria Rubra
Alternate English names: red hoelen red tuckahoe
Alternate Chinese names: 赤茯 chì fú; 赤苓 chì líng
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf. [= Pachyma hoelen Rumph]. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)
Origin (other sources): Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf [= Pachyma hoelen Rumph]
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.
Warnings: 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)
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