Traditional Chinese Medicine/Zhu Ling

  • Pinyin Name: Zhu Ling
  • Literal Name: "pig's fungus"
  • Alternate Chinese Names: Zhu Shi Ling
  • Original Source: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica) in the second century
  • English Name: Polyporus
  • Botanical Name: Polyporus umbellatus (Pers.) Fries (Zhu Ling)
  • Pharmaceutical Name: Polyporus
  • Properties: sweet, bland, neutral
  • Channels Entered: Kidney, Urinary Bladder