Yunnan Poria … Classic Formulas
Yun Ling · Sclerotium Poriae Cocos
Primary Actions
- Promotes urination and drains dampness - Yun Ling is used the same way as standard Fu Ling for edema, water retention, dizziness from dampness, and urinary sluggishness.
- Strengthens the Spleen and helps stop diarrhea - it supports weak digestion with loose stool, poor appetite, and lingering dampness.
- Calms the mind gently - like Fu Ling, it appears in formulas for palpitations, disturbed sleep, and deficiency-pattern restlessness when dampness or phlegm also play a role.
Classic Formulas
- Wu Ling San - the same classic water-metabolism context used for standard Fu Ling.
- Shen Ling Bai Zhu San - digestive-deficiency and damp-diarrhea context where Yun Ling performs the familiar Fu Ling job.
- Spirit-calming formulas such as Gui Pi Tang - examples of why Yun Ling and Fu Ling are often treated as interchangeable in practice.
Classical Text References
- Chinese reference sources commonly explain that Yun Ling is another name for Fu Ling, usually emphasizing origin or trade naming rather than a separate classic identity.
- Its taste, temperature, channels, and main functions are therefore described in the same way as standard Fu Ling.
- The more meaningful clinical differentiations in this family are part-based ones such as Fu Ling Pi and Fu Shen.