Poria cocos; hoelen; tuckahoe
A basidiomycete fungus used in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicine, often as a diuretic or tonic.
Poria cocos is often used as an ingredient in Chinese herbal medicine.
This health tea contains Poria cocos.
Standard kanji spelling for this medicinal fungus.
Kana spelling is sometimes used in explanatory or patient-facing contexts.
A Sino-Japanese borrowing of Chinese 茯苓, the traditional name of the medicinal fungus.