[Variety Source]
This product is the sclerotium of the Polyporus fungus Polyporus (Polyporus umbellatus (Pers) Fries). Chinese Taxillus Herb is found on the decayed roots of birch, maple, oak, etc. Mainly produced in Shaanxi, Hebei, Yunnan and other places. Excavate in spring and autumn, remove sediment and dry in the sun. Slices are used as medicine and used raw.
[Property]
sweet and bland, neutral. act on kidney and bladder channels.
[Efficacy]
promoting urination and draining dampness.
[Indications]
Used for dysuria, edema, diarrhea, stranguria, etc. This product is sweet, light and exudative, and has a stronger diuretic effect than Poria. It can be used by anyone with water retention. If spleen deficiency edema makes urination difficult, it is often used with Poria, Alisma, White Atractylodes Rhizome, such as Powder of Four Ingredients with Poria. If the diarrhea is wet with water, use Atractylodes Rhizome, Magnolia Bark, Poria, etc., such as Stomach Poria Decoction . Yin deficiency has symptoms such as difficulty in urination due to heat, stranguria, etc. It can also be combined with Alisma, Talc, Donkey-hide Gelatin, etc. medicinals, such as Polyporus Decoction.
[Documentation]
- Benjing: "Maintains malaria, removes toxin...conduces water channels."
- Bencao Yanyi "Polyporus has a lot of effect in diverting water, but taking it for a long time will cause damage. "Kidney qi, blindness"
- Bencao Gangmu: "Prescribe striae and interstice to treat gonorrhea, athlete's foot, white turbid leukorrhea, pregnancy strangury during pregnancy, and difficulty in urination." It is also said to "prescribe striae and interstice." striae and interstice, it helps urination and has the same effect as Poria, but it is not as good as Poria as a tonic."
[Usage and Dosage]
Decoct and take, 5~10g.
[Precaution]
Avoid use if there is no water or moisture.
[Modern Pharmacology]
Polyporus mainly contains ergot sterols, crude protein, soluble sugar, polysaccharides, etc. Its decocted with water agent has a strong diuretic effect. Its diuretic mechanism is mainly caused by inhibiting the reabsorption of water and electrolytes by the renal tubules, especially potassium, sodium, and chloride. Polyporus polysaccharides also have certain anti-tumor and hepatitis prevention effects.