Medicinals

dà fù pí / 大腹皮 / 大腹皮 / areca husk;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Arecae Pericarpium

Alternate English names: betel nut husk; pinang husk

Alternate Chinese names: 大腹毛 dà fù máo; 茯毛 fú máo; 槟榔衣 bīng láng yī; 大腹绒 dà fù róng; 槟榔皮 bīng láng pí

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Qì-rectifying agents

Properties: Acrid; slightly warm.

Channel entry: spleen, stomach, large intestine, and small intestine channels.

Indications:

  • Moves qì and abducts stagnation: Qì stagnation in the stomach and intestines.
  • Disinhibits water and disperses swelling: Water swelling; leg qì (jiǎo qì) with swelling and pain.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 5–10g in decoctions. Outside the medical context, preparations of dà fù pí made with limestone and sugar are sold in China as a mild psychoactive drug that it administered by chewing.

Warning:

Use dà fù pí with care in qì vacuity.

Product Description:

This is a oval pericarp is sold in two halves with the seed removed. It is 6 cm long and about 8 mm in diameter. It is white in color, and, apart from the endocarp, is highly fibrous and pliable. The seed, 槟榔, is used separately.

Quality:

Dry supple whitish-yellow ones are the best.

Product Area:

Hǎinán, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Yúnnán, Táiwān, Philippines, and Indonesia.

Etymology:

The term dà fù pí 大腹皮, literally ""big belly husk,"" describes the shape.

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