| English
Name |
| Indian
Bread |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Indian
Bread is the dried sclerotium of the fungus, Poria cocos (Schw.)
Wolf (Fam. Plyporaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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This
drug is sweet and tasteless in taste and neutral in nature,
and is distributed to the Heart, Spleen, Lung Spleen and Kidney
Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a dry place, protected from moisture. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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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.
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ACTION |
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To cause
diuresis, to invigorate the spleen function, and to calm the
mind. |
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INDICATIONS |
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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.
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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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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