Back to search result Search again Previous Next ↑

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 in unofficial 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.

Actions and indications: Moves water and disinhibits damp-heat. Treats inhibited urination; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); diarrhea.

Dosage and 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: Fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria)

Back to search result Search again Previous Next