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🌿 Herb

Indian Bread

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🌿 All Herb data fields for Indian Bread
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Fu Ling
中文名 (Chinese)
茯苓
Latin Name
Poria
English Name
Indian Bread
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Tasteless; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Lung; Spleen; Kidney
Part Used
Sclerotium
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness
功效分类 (CN)
利水渗湿
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of 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.
Indication (主治)
1. an active component pachyman promotes macrophage phagocytosis in mice, and enhances lymphocyte-blastogensis rate in vitro.2. preventing the formation of gastric ulcer under stress in rats3. diuretic and liver-protective.
Clinical Manifestations
1. an active component pachyman promotes macrophage phagocytosis in mice, and enhances lymphocyte-blastogensis rate in vitro.2. preventing the formation of gastric ulcer under stress in rats3. diuretic and liver-protective.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
7277
TCMSP
129
TCM-ID
2560
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Indian Bread
chinese name
茯苓
pinyin name
Fu Ling
latin name
Poria
english name
Indian Bread
properties english
Sweet; Tasteless; Calm
meridians english
Heart; Lung; Spleen; Kidney
use part
Sclerotium
symmap herb id
129
tcmid id
7277
tcmsp id
129
herb id str
HERB006820
function text
Treatment of 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.
indication
1. an active component pachyman promotes macrophage phagocytosis in mice, and enhances lymphocyte-blastogensis rate in vitro.2. preventing the formation of gastric ulcer under stress in rats3. diuretic and liver-protective.
clinical manifestations
1. an active component pachyman promotes macrophage phagocytosis in mice, and enhances lymphocyte-blastogensis rate in vitro.2. preventing the formation of gastric ulcer under stress in rats3. diuretic and liver-protective.
therapeutic en class
For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness
therapeutic cn class
利水渗湿
tcm id id
2560
How relationships are computed
  • Clinical Trials / Meta-Analyses / References: direct foreign-key link via subject_entity_id (Phase 2d wireup)
  • Formula ↔ Herbs: text bridge via formulas.herbs_in_pinyin matching herbs.pinyin_name
  • Herb ↔ Ingredient: empty — needs HERB_herb_ingredient import
  • Ingredient ↔ Target: empty — needs HERB_ingredient_target import
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  • Herb → Target → Disease (full chemical spine): awaiting Phase 2e link tables