Fu Ling 40 packets 2 grams

Fu Ling, 2gm/packet

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: Poria Cocos

Chinese name: Fu Ling Granules

Unit Size: Box of 40 (2gm packets)

Serving Size: As directed

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Sweet, bland - Bensky

Properties: Neutral - Bensky

Contraindications: Use with caution in those with yin deficiency, sunken Spleen qi, or cold from deficiency with spermatorrhea. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Urinary difficulty, diarrhea, or edema due to stagnation of fluids or dampness; Scanty urine due to damp-heat; Loss of appetite, diarrhea and epigastric distentioni due to Spleen deficiency compounded by dampness; headache, dizziness due to Spleen deficiency with thin mucus in which phlegm moves upward; insomnia or forgetfulness due to either Spleen and Heart insufficiency or internal obstruction of turbid phlegm. - Bensky

Actions: Tonifes the Spleen, eliminates dampness, calms the Heart spirit - Bensky

Pattern: Stagnation of fluids; Dampness; Damp-heat; Spleen deficiency with dampness; Spleen deficiency with mucus; Spleen or Heart insufficiency; Internal obstruction of turbid phlegm - Benksy

Channels Entered: Heart, Spleen, Kidney, Lung - Bensky

Recommendations: For more information see: Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Chen: Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology

Ingredients: Fu Ling - Poria cocos

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

• Promotes urination and leaches out dampness: for urinary difficulty, diarrhea, or edema due to stagnation of fluids or dampness. Also used in cases of scanty urine due to damp-heat.
• Strenghtens the Spleen and harmonizes the middle burner: for Spleen deficiency compounded by dampness with such symptoms as loss of appetite, diarrhea, and epigastric distention.
• Strenghtens the Spleen and transforms phlgem: For Spleen deficiency with thin mucus in which phlegm moves upward with such symptoms as palpitations, headache, dizziness, and thick, greasy tongue coating.
• Quiets the Heart and calms the spirit: for insomnia, or forgetfulness due to either Spleen and Heart insufficiency or internal obstruction of turbid phlegm.

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