Fu Ling
茯苓 fú líng

Category:

Drain Dampness (Diuretics)

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	Tastes: Sweet , Bland		Dosage: 9-15g

	Cautions: Use with caution in those with Yin Deficiency, sunken Spleen qi, or Cold from Deficiency with spermatorrhea		Meridians: Lung , Heart , Spleen , Kidney
	Preparation: • Outer layer (cutis) • White • Red • Root • Dry-fried • Cinnabar		Quality: Good quality - hard, solid, white, without inlays of soil, and sticks to the teeth on chewing
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (117) dū qì wān (Capital Qi Pill) xiāng fù xuán fù huā tāng (Cyperus and Inula Decoction) bā wèi dì huáng wán (Eight-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) bā xīan cháng shōu wán (Eight Immortal Pill for Longevity) bā zhēn tāng (Eight Treasure Decoction) bā zhēn yì mǔ wán (Eight Treasure Pill to Benefit Mothers) bàn xià bái zhú tiān má tāng (Pinellia Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Gastrodi) bàn xìa hòu pò tāng (Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction) bǎo hé wán (Preserve Harmony Pill) bèi mǔ guā lǒu sǎn (Fritillaria and Trichosanthea Fruit Powder) bēn tún wán (Running Piglet Pill) bù dài wán (Cloth Sack Pill) chái hú jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction) chōng hé tāng (Flush and Harmonize Decoction) chūn zé tāng (Spring Pond Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) dāng guī sháo yào sǎn (Tangkuei and Peony Powder) dǎo tán tāng (Guide Out Phlegm Decoction) dì gǔ pí yǐn (Lycium Root Bark Decoction) dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction) dí tán tāng (Scour Phlegm Decoction) dì yú sǎn (Sanguisorba Powder) dìng xián wán (Arrest Seizures Pill) dìng zhì wán (Settle the Emotions Pill) dìng zhì wàn (Settle the Emotions Pill from the Wondrous Lantern) dú huó jì shēng tāng (Angelica Pubescens and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction) èr chén tāng (Two Cured Decoction) ěr lóng zǔo cí wán (Pill for Deafness that is Kind to the Left (Kidney)) fáng jǐ fú líng tāng (Stephania and Poria Decoction) fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Decoction) fú tù dān (Poria and Cuscuta Special Pill) fù zǐ tāng (Prepared Aconite Decoction) gān cǎo gān jiāng fù líng bái zhú tāng (Licorice, Ginger, Poria and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Decoction) gù zhēn tāng (Stabilize the True Decoction) guā loú zhǐ shǐ tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction) guì líng gān lù yǐn (Cinnamon and Poria Sweet Dew Decoction) guì líng wǔ wèi gān cǎo tāng (Cinnamon Twig, Poria, Schisandra and Licorice Decoction) guī pí tāng (Restore the Spleen Decoction) guì zhī fú líng wán (Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill) hēi xiāo yáo sǎn (Black Rambling Powder) hòu pò wēn zhōng tāng (Magnolia Bark Decoction for Warming the Middle) huá gài sǎn (Canopy Powder) huáng lián wēn dǎn tāng (Coptis Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) jì shēng shèn qì wán (Kidney Qi Pill from Formulas to Aid the Living) jiā wèi èr chén tāng (Augmented Two-Cured Decoction) jīa wèi lìu wèi dì huáng wán (Augmented Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) jiā wèi xiāo yáo sǎn jiàn pí wán (Strengthen the Spleen Pill) jīn guì shèn qì wán (Kd Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet) jīn shuǐ liù jūn jiān (Six-Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction) jīng fáng bài dú sǎn (Schizonepeta & Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction (from formulas to aid the living)) lèi shī qīng liáng dí shǔ tāng (Master Lei's Decoction to Clear, Cool and Remove Summerheat) lǐ zhōng ān huí tāng (Regulate the Middle and Calm Roundworms Decoction) lìng gān wǔ wèi jiāng xīn tāng (Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction) liù ān jiān (Six Serenity Decoction) liù jūn zǐ tāng (Six Gentleman Decoction) liù shén sǎn (Six Miracle Powder From Standards of Patterns and Treatments) lìu wèi dì huáng wán (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) liù wèi xiāng rú yǐn (Six-Ingredient Decoction with Elsholtzia) miào xiāng sǎn (Marvelously Fragrant Powder) nǔan gān jīan (Warm the Liver Decoction) qī bǎo měi rán dān (Seven-Treasures Special Pill for Beautiful Whiskers) qǐ jú dì huáng wán (Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill) qīng jīng sǎn (Clear the Menses Powder) qīng pí tāng (Clear the Spleen Decoction) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) Qīng Xīn Líán Zǐ Yǐn (Lotus Seed Decoction to Clear the Heart) rén shēn bài dú sǎn (Ginseng Power to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) rén shēn gé jiè sǎn (Ginseng and Gecko Powder) rén shēn huáng qí sǎn (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) sān bì tāng (Three Painful Obstruction Decoction) shēn líng bái zhú sǎn (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powd) shén shí zhū líng tāng (Polyporus Decoction from Master Shen) shēn sū yǐn (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction) shēng tiě luò yǐn (Iron Filings Decoction) shēng yáng yì wèi tāng (Raise the Yang and Benefit the Stomach Decoction) shí bǔ wán (Ten-Tonic Pill) shí hú yè guāng wán (Dendrobium Pill for Night Vision) shí pí yǐn (Bolster the Spleen Decoction) shí quán dà bǔ tāng (All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shí wèi xiāng rú yǐn (Ten-Ingredient Decoction with Elsholtzia) shí yī weì wēn dǎn tāng (Eleven-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shū jīng huó xuè tāng (Relax the Channels and Invigorate the Blood Decoction) shùn jīng tāng (Smooth the Menses Decoction) sì jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (Fourth Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder) sì jūn zǐ tāng (Four Gentleman Decoction) sì líng sǎn (Four Ingredient Powder with Poria) sì qī tāng (Four-Ingredient Decoction for the Seven Emotions) suān zǎo rén tāng (Sour Jujube Decoction) wèi líng tāng (Calm the Stomach and Poria Decoction) wēn dǎn tāng (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction) wǔ jī sǎn (Five Accumulation Powder) wǔ jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (Fifth Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder) wǔ líng sǎn (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) wǔ shén tāng (Five Miracle Decoction) wǔ wǔ xiāng rú yǐn (Five-Substance Decoction with Elsholtzia) xiāng bèi yǎng yíng tāng (Cyperus and Fritillaria Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) xiāng shā liù jūn zǐ tāng (Six Gentlemen Decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum) xiāng shā yǎng wèi tāng (Nourish the Stomach Decoction with Aucklandia and ) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder from Imperial Grace Formulary) xìng sū sǎn (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder) yì gān sǎn (Restrain the Liver Powder) yì gōng san (Extraordinary Merit Powder) yín qiáo bài dú sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) yuè huá wán (Moonlight Pill) zhēn wǔ tāng (Black Turtle Decoction; True Warrior Decoction) zhǐ shí dǎo zhì wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Guide out Stagnation) zhǐ shí xiāo pǐ wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Reduce Focal Distention) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo wán (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Pill) zhù jǐng wán (Preserve Vistas Pill) zhū líng tāng (Polyporus Decoction) zǔo guī yǐn (Restore the Left (Kidney) Decoction)

Family:

Polyporaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Sclerotium Poriae Cocos

Botanical: Poria Cocos Wolf

Japanese: bukuryō

Korean: bokryeong

Common: poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread

Temperature: Neutral

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Transforms Phlegm add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Promotes urination and Leaches out dampness add comment

	+2 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Quiets the Heart and Calms the Spirit add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Strengthens the Spleen and Harmonizes the Middle Jiao add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Spleen deficiency add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Forgetfulness add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Scanty urine due to damp heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Urinary difficulty add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Loss of appetite add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Epigastric distention add comment

	+1 Eran Pupkin Constipation add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Palpitations add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Dizziness add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Thick greasy tongue coating add comment

Fu Ling茯苓 fú líng

Fu Ling
茯苓 fú líng