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,
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.