Polyporus (Zhu ling)

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• WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
• public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《本经》载猪苓主痎疟、解毒蛊疰不祥、利水道，久服轻身耐老；甄权谓解伤寒温疫大热、发汗、主肿胀满腹急痛；张元素谓治渴除湿；李时珍谓开腠理、治淋肿脚气、白浊带下、小便不利。

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒（《本经》）；王好古谓甘重于苦、阳也，入足太阳、足少阴经。·Meridians: 膀胱（足太阳）, 肾（足少阴）

• Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria
• Polyporus Decoction
• Polyporus Powder

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十七·木部·寓木类·猪苓（《本经》中品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
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• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十七·木部·猪苓·主治（甄权）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
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