Poria cocos, Chinese medicine name. Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf for the Polyporaceae fungi Poria cocos dry mycelium. More than in July to September digging, after digging out to remove sediment, pile "sweating", spread out to dry the surface, and then "sweating",

Repeated several times to the wrinkles, most of the internal moisture is lost, dried, called "Poria a"; or fresh Poria according to different parts of the cut, dry, respectively, known as "Poria block" and "Poria slice".

Extended information;

First of all, Poria has the efficacy of seepage of dampness and benefit, according to Chinese medicine, seepage refers to the concentration of dispersed dampness to be eliminated, and benefit refers to the direct elimination of dampness. Poria is calm in nature, if there are symptoms such as adverse urination and stagnation of water-dampness,

Whether it is cold-dampness or dampness-heat, Poria can be taken in conjunction with other traditional Chinese medicines, such as cold-dampness, Poria can be taken in conjunction with cinnamon sticks and atractylodes, etc.; and dampness-heat can be taken in conjunction with poria and poria and zedoary.

Secondly, Poria can strengthen the spleen. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the main transport, spleen deficiency is often the transport weakness, transport weakness is easy to generate dampness, at this time not only to replenish the deficiency, but also to eliminate the dampness that has stayed, Poria is a more suitable auxiliary drugs, can be combined with ginseng, Chinese yam, astragalus, ginseng and other medicines to replenish the spleen to be taken together.

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