Poria Cocos Mushroom (Fu Ling)
体内の湿気を追い出す！白くて四角い「魔法のキノコ」
Description
Dried, square-cut (or sliced) sclerotium of a mushroom parasitizing pine roots. The most representative herbal medicine said to 'act as a diuretic, expelling excess body dampness (water)'. An absolute member of the Guangdong/Taiwanese medicinal soup 'Si Shen Tang'.
Classification: Everyone, Ingredient, Dry Goods, Medicinal, Fu Ling, Mushroom, For Soup, Si Shen Tang, Detox
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How to use
Ingredients
- Dried sclerotium of Wolfiporia extensa(Poria)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Si Shen Tang (Medicinal Pork Offal Soup)]: Braise this Fu Ling for hours with pork intestines (or ribs) alongside yam (Huai Shan), lotus seed (Lian Zi), and gorgon nut (Qian Shi).
- Powder and mix into rice for medicinal porridge.
- Boil as tea.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Tasteless and odorless. Biting yields a slightly chalky texture like a 'powdery eraser' or hard sponge
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Irreplaceable. Fake with other root veggies if unavailable)
Pairing
Si Shen Tang (Medicinal Soup) / Pork Sparerib Soup / Medicinal Porridge
Trivia
For people in humid, sweltering regions like Southern China and Taiwan, extracting built-up 'dampness' from the body is a top health priority. Thus, soup with this Fu Ling is drunk daily (like a supplement).
Eating tips & etiquette
Looks like 'white dice' or 'styrofoam fragments'; never loses shape even boiled for hours. Tasteless, it never interferes with the soup's flavor, purely adding medicinal effects.
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