Poria cocos is warm and sweet. Both sweet and light taste enter the spleen meridian and act on the spleen. Among them, gan can replenish the spleen and stomach, and can help the spleen and stomach to eliminate water and dampness. Therefore, Poria cocos is a good medicine for strengthening the spleen and benefiting the heart, promoting diuresis and infiltrating dampness. Although poria cocos is good, not everyone can eat it. Let's take a look at the people suitable for poria cocos.

1, Poria cocos is suitable for patients with dysuria and edema: Poria cocos is mild, and all symptoms of dysuria and hydrops can be eaten regardless of cold and dampness, damp heat or spleen deficiency and dampness accumulation. If you are cold and wet, you can use Poria with Guizhi and Atractylodes macrocephala. If it is damp and hot, you can eat it with Poria, Polyporus and Alisma orientalis. If it belongs to spleen deficiency, Poria can be eaten with Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus and Atractylodes macrocephala. If it belongs to deficiency cold, Poria cocos can be eaten with aconite and Atractylodes macrocephala.

2. Poria cocos is suitable for patients with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency: Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen and ooze dampness. Taking Poria can treat diarrhea and leukorrhagia caused by abnormal transport of spleen deficiency, and can be eaten with Dangshen, Atractylodes macrocephala and Dioscorea opposita.

3. Poria cocos is suitable for patients with excessive phlegm and cough: Poria cocos can not only induce diuresis, but also strengthen the spleen. Taking Poria cocos has a therapeutic effect on spleen deficiency, which can prevent dampness, stop aggregation and produce phlegm. It can be used with Pinellia ternata and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, or with Ramulus Cinnamomi and Atractylodis Rhizoma.