Name: the Pericarpium Arecae

Category: eliminating dampness through diuresis medicine

Pinyin: DA FU PI

Latin: Pericarpium Arecae

Alias: betel nut, betel nut shell, the hairy skin, hair, clothing, areca areca Fu Rong

Medicinal parts: Peel

Medicinal traits : the Pericarpium Arecae: slightly oval or long ovate dipper shape, length 4 ~ 7cm, width of 2 ~ 3.5cm, 0.2 ~ 0.5cm thick. Exocarp brown to nearly black, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles and uplift of the striated, top has the style of residual scar, the base of a fruit stalk and residual sepals. Endocarp sag, brown or dark brown, smooth and hard shell shaped. Body weight, hard, longitudinal tear after visible in peel fiber. Gas micro, taste slightly astringent. Hair: a slightly elliptical or scoop. Exocarp multiple has fallen off or residual. Mesocarp brown, white or pale brown, qualitative soft osteoporosis. Endocarp hard shell shaped, yellow brown to brown, smooth inner surface, sometimes longitudinally rupture. Odorless, tasteless.

Main points of cultivation:

Origin: Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan, Guangxi, Fujian

Recovery processing: winter to next spring harvesting immature fruit. Boiled after drying, longitudinal section two valve, stripping skin, commonly known as " Pericarpium Arecae"; from late spring to early autumn harvest ripe fruit, boiled after drying, removing peel, loosening, and dried in the sun," the study said".

Authentic history:

Tropism of taste : tepid; Xin; spleen, stomach, large intestine, small intestine

Functions: under the gas in wide, line of water swelling. Dampness stagnation, abdominal distension Wan stuffy, hold up, edema, swelling, beriberi edema, urination.

Usage & Dosage: orally taken: decoction, 6 ~ 12g; or into the pill, powder. External: moderate, grind end tune apply; or washed fried.

Taboo: Qi frail careful take.