Fu Ling / 茯苓 (Poria, Sclerotium of Tuckahoe, China Root, Hoelen, Indian Bread)
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Title
Fu Ling / 茯苓 (Poria, Sclerotium of Tuckahoe, China Root, Hoelen, Indian Bread)
Doc Hay's Shorthand
芦令, 伏苓, 云苓
苓皮, 云皮 (outer layer)
Latin name
Poria
Herb Category
Nature of Herb
Translator's annotation
Fu Ling from Yunnan region is known as Yun Ling / 云苓 [雲苓].
KWC2007.1.313: the ID in the photos is mislabeled as 318, not 313. The label reads Chi Fu / 赤茯, meaning red poria (Chi Fu Ling/ 赤茯苓).
KWC2007.1.3735: the other Chinese characters read ☐ Su Dan / ☐粟胆.
The innermost part of the fungus, around and including root, is called Fu Shen / 茯神 (KWC2007.1.395).
"The portion of the fungus that grows closer to the root is white in color and is thus known as white Poria (Bai Fu Ling / 白茯苓); that closer to the outer skin is pinkish in color and known as red poria (Chi Fu Ling/ 赤茯苓). White Poria is the product that is normally dispensed when just Poria (fu ling) is prescribed." (Bensky, pg. 270)
Bibliographic Citation
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 267-271
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image/jpeg
Rights Holder
Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Owner of the Collection
State of Oregon
Source (the collection in which this object is found)
Kam Wah Chung Collection
KWC location ID
KWC2007.1.725
KWC2007.1.4041
KWC2007.1.313
KWC2007.1.3735
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