Description

Fu shen is the part around the root. Usually it is used as fu ling but considered as a stronger effect on calming emotion.

present day applications: 1.Edema

2. Tumors: fu ling compound was used on 70 different type of tumors. In some cases only fu ling was used, and in others fu ling was used with chemo therapy, or radiation therapy or surgery. It showed that fu ling can strengthen the body, improve body weight, improve appetite, lessen or prevent side effect of chemo therapy, protect bone marrow, improve liver and kidney functions, improve radiation therapy on nose and throat cancers. (2)

3. Infant diarrhea

4. Improve schizoid condition

5. Improve liver function

6. For baldness after giving birth:

use 10 g of fu ling. Make into decoction. Twice a day. Externally apply bu gu zhi and han lian cao tincture. All of the eight patients healed in two months. Source: chinese dermatology journal

產後禿頭: 每服１０ｇ. 日用二次，加上外用補骨脂旱蓮草酊劑 (中華皮膚科雜誌)

pharmaceutical name: sclerotium poriae cocos
latin botanical name: poria cocos (schw.) Wolf
pron. In japanese: bukuryo
pron. In korean: pongnyong
pron. In cantonese: fook leng
other names: yun ling, bai fu ling, fang ling kuai
common name: poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, china root, hoelen
distribution: hubei, anbhui, henan, yunnan, guizhou, sichuan provinces of china

properties (characteristics) sweet, bland, neutral
甘、淡，平

channels (meridians) entered:
歸經:
heart, spleen, lung, kidney
歸心、肺、脾、腎經。

actions & indications: as diuretics, in urinary difficulty, diarrhea, water retention, pixu with water retention. Urination difficulty due to damp heat. Pixu with mucus production and headache, dizziness, palpitations, with think greasy tongue coating. Palpitation, insomnia or forgetfulness, loss of appetite. Inflammation of the uterus and chronic sinusitis.
note: balance with other herbs in case yinxu condition.

利水 滲 濕 、 健 脾 化 痰 、 寧 心 安 神。濕熱 小
便 不 利 、 水 濕 停 滯﹔ 脾 虛﹕ 腹 瀉 、 食 少 脘 悶 、

痰 飲 咳 嗽 、 痰 濕 入 絡 、 肩 背 酸 痛 、 咳 逆 、 胸 悶 、

心 悸 、 失 眠 等 。 子 宮 炎 症 、 慢 性 副 鼻 竇 炎 。

medical function: diuretics, reducing plasma glucose, tranquilizing, inhibits bacteria, relaxing effect on smooth muscles, improves immune system .
(1) 利 尿

(2) 降 血 糖 、 鎮 靜(

3) 抑 菌

(4) 放鬆平滑肌

(4) 增 強 免 疫 功 能

chemical ingredients: pachymose 84.2%, Albuninoid 0.68%, Fiber 2.84%, Pachymaran (3), b-pachyman, b-pachymanase,

pachymic acid, tumulosic acid,eburioic acid, pinicolic acid, 3 b-hydroxy lanosta-7, 9 (11), poricoic acid a (16 a-hydroxy-3,

4-secolanosta-4 (28), 7, 0 (11), 24-trien-21-oic acid, poricoic acid b (16 a-hydroxy-2, 4-secolanosa-4 (28), 7, 9 (11),

24-tetraen-3, 21-dioic acid) (8), fatty acid:caprylic acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, dodecenole acid, palmitic acid. Others:

ergosterol, gum, histadine, choline, chitin, protein, fats, glucose, sterols, histamines, lecithin, lipase, choline, adenine. Other non organic items: sio2, mg, p, fe, ca, s, na, k, mn, cl.

dosage﹕
用量﹕
5 to 15 g
常 用 量 5 – 15 克 。

this statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.