Description

Description:

fulingge subglobose, ellipsoid, oblate or irregular-shaped, variable in size. The outer skin thin and rough, brown to blackish-brown, conspicuously shriveled and striated. Texture hard and compact, fracture granular, some cracked, the outer layer pale brown, inner part white, rarely reddish, some showing the penetrating roots of pine in the centre. Odourless; taste, weak and sticky when chewed.
Fulingpi (pared skin of poria) variable in form and size. Externally brown to blackish-brown, internally white or pale brown. Relatively loose and soft, slightly elastic.

Fulingkuai (peeled and sliced poria) occurring in pieces or slices, variable in size. White, pale red or pale brown.

Action:

to cause diuresis, to invigorate the spleen function, and to calm the mind.

Indications:

edema with oliguria; dizziness and palpitation caused by retained fluid; diminished function of the spleen marked by anorexia, loose stools or diarrhea; restlessness and insomnia.

Referential advice:

1. Inducing diuresis and removing dampness

in treating dysuria, edema, etc. Due to retention of water, the drug is often used with rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, polyporus umbellatus, rhizoma alismatis, pericarpium arecae, etc.

2. Ivigorating the spleen and tonifying the middle warmer

in treating retention of phlegm, loose stool, etc. Due to failure in transportation and transformation of water as a result of deficiency of the spleen, the drug is often used with radix codonopsis pilosulae, rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, rhizoma dioscoreae, etc.

3. Calming the mind

in treating palpitation and insomnia due to deficiency of the heart and spleen, the drug is often used with radix codonopisis pilosulae, arillus longan, semen ziziphi spinosae, etc.; In treating palpitation and insomnia (due to internal obstruction by turbid phlegm or breakdown of the normal physiological coordination between the heart and kidney), the drug is often used with rhizoma acori graminei, radix polygalae, etc.

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