{"id":1006,"date":"2012-11-16T20:59:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T20:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2012-11-16T20:59:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T20:59:34","slug":"poria-poriae-cocos-english-name-tuckahoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Poria ~ Poriae cocos ~ (English name \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tuckahoe&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Poria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Poriae cocos (English name \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tuckahoe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Polyporaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: (fungus) fruiting body, outer peel<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native toChina<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: pachymose, pachyman, fatty acids, fiber<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: sweet, bland, neutral<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">minor tonic<\/span>, diuretic, sedative, tranquilizer, hypoglycemic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: liver protective, smooth muscle relaxant<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: edema and water retention, diarrhea, anxiety, mucus, urinary imbalances<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: palpitations, vertigo, restlessness, insomnia, chronic schizophrenia, loss of appetitie<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: pwd: 6-15 g qd; decoction: 10-20 g qd<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: frequent, copious urination associated with deficiency and coldness<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.holistic-online.com\/Herbal-Med\/_Herbs\/h372.htm; http:\/\/botanicum.com\/singles\/fuling.htm; http:\/\/alternativehealing.org\/fu_ling.htm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poria Latin name: Poriae cocos (English name \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tuckahoe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) Family: Polyporaceae Part used: (fungus) fruiting body, outer peel Habitat: native toChina Main constituents: pachymose, pachyman, fatty acids, fiber Energetics: sweet, bland, neutral Main herbal actions: minor tonic, diuretic, sedative, tranquilizer, hypoglycemic Minor herbal actions: liver protective, smooth muscle relaxant Main medicinal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[298,3,41,36,87,1,170,32,76,78,46,300],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bland","category-chinese-herbs","category-diuretic","category-energetics-taste","category-hypoglycemic","category-module1","category-neutral","category-properties","category-sedative-properties","category-sweet","category-tonic","category-tranquilizer","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}