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title: "Fu Shen"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/475/fu-shen"
---

 ![fu shen, poriae sclerotium pararadicis.jpg](/u/fu-shen-poriae-sclerotium-pararadicis-iugZpZ.jpg) 

# Fu Shen

### Poriae Sclerotium Pararadicis

_sweet, bland, neutral_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Drain Dampness**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Sleeplessness
- Anxiety
- Heart palpitations
- Decline of memory

Fu Shen is sweet, bland, and neutral. It enters the heart system to
calm the shen and can treat patients with sympathetic nervous
system dominance.

Fu Shen is in the Drain Dampness category although its effect on
the urinary system is considered to be mild.

**Channels:** heart

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
Anxiety
Poor memory
Heart palpitations
Sleeplessness
Irascibility

**Formulas:**
- An Shen Ding Zhi Wan
- Dao Chi Qing Xin Tang
- E Jiao Ji Zi Huang Tang
- Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
- Long Chi Qing Hun Tang
- Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
- Sang Piao Xiao San
- Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin

**Contraindications:** there are no contraindications
documented for Fu Shen

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