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

1. 水肿。

2. 治疗癌肿。减低化疗的副作用。

3. 小儿腹泻。

4. 改善神经分裂症状。

5. 增进肝脏功能。

6. 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

Biological name:

拉丁名：

 Poria Cocos (Schw.) Wolf

Pron. in Japanese:

bukuryo

Pron. in Korean:

pongnyong

Pron. in Cantonese:

fook leng

Other Names:

yun ling 雲苓﹐bai fu ling 白茯苓, fang ling kuai 方苓塊﹐chuan ling 串苓﹐huo shen 获神﹐huo shem mu 获神木﹐chi huo ling 赤获苓﹐huo ling pi 获苓皮﹐zhu fu ling朱茯苓.  按此看茯苓處方名。

Common Name:

poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, china root, hoelen

Distribution:

Hubei, Anhui, Henan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan provinces of  China

湖 北，安徽，河南， 云南，贵州等省。

Properties (characteristics)

sweet, bland, neutral

甘﹐淡，平

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經:

heart, spleen, lung, kidney

歸心﹐肺﹐脾﹐腎經。
 

Actions and 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 ﹐

3. 鎮 靜

4. 抑 菌

5. 放鬆平滑肌

6. 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 。

Samples of formulae:

Samples of formulae:

• ban xia bai zhu tian ma tang 半夏白朮天麻湯

• Ban Xia Hou Po Tang,

• Bao He Wan,

• Bei Mu Gua Lou San,

• du huo ji sheng tang 獨活寄生湯

• er chen tang 二陳湯

• gui zhi fu ling wan 桂枝茯苓丸

• Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San,

• jin gui shen qi wan 金櫃腎氣丸　

• Liu Wei Di Huang Wan,

• Liu jun zi tang 六君子湯　

• ren shen bai du san 人參敗毒散

• Suan Zao Ren Tang,

• Qing fen san (Li Dong Yuan)

• Si Jun Zi Tang,

• Shi Quan Da Bu Tang,

• Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan,

• Wen Dan Tang,

• wu ling san 五苓 散

• Wu Pi San,

• xiao Yao Wan, 逍遙丸,

• Zhen Wu Tang,

• Zhu Ling San,

Cautions:

Not suitable for patients with yinxu (yin deficient) condition. [1]

The characteristics of the herb fu ling is that it is more of a diuretic than a tonic herb. Over usage can weaken the eyes. Not compatible with chronic weakness of the body. [2]

Not to use in cases of shenxu (kidney deficient)  with urinary incontinence, or in cases of clear sperm or spermatorrhea due to yangxu (yang deficient). [3]

Not compatible with rice venegar.