Poria cocos is sweet, light and flat, and enters the heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians. Poria cocos is a traditional Chinese medicine. Its main functions and functions are strengthening the spleen and calming the heart, promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness. Mainly used for treating anxiety, fright, insomnia, edema, short and red urine, spleen deficiency, diarrhea in loose stool, dizziness due to excessive phlegm, etc.
Is Poria hot or cold?
Poria cocos is warm, neither too hot nor too cold. Poria cocos is a common Chinese medicine, which is the dry sclerotia of Porphyria fungus Poria cocos. Poria cocos grows in the roots of pine trees all the year round, especially in Yunnan.
What are the benefits of eating it?
1, Poria cocos has the effect of eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, and its medicinal properties are mild. If there are symptoms such as dysuria and hydrops, Poria can be taken together with other Chinese medicines. It can be used with Poria, Ramulus Cinnamomi and Atractylodis Macrocephalae for cold and dampness, and with Polyporus and Alisma orientalis for damp and heat.
2, poria cocos can strengthen the spleen, usually with other drugs when eating, usually with ginseng, yam, astragalus, codonopsis pilosula and other drugs, so the effect will be better.
3. Poria can soothe the nerves and can be used to improve symptoms such as anxiety, palpitation and insomnia. Often eaten like polygala tenuifolia, Ziziphus jujuba seeds and ginseng. In addition, related research shows that Poria cocos can enhance the body's immune function, fight tumors and protect the liver.
What's the harm of eating it?
Generally, there are few side effects of poria cocos, but if the patient does not follow the doctor's advice, there will be symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and headache. If they use too much, they will also increase their urine output.
Avoid eating poria cocos.
Poria cocos is not recommended for those with yin deficiency and no damp-heat, cold deficiency and nocturnal emission. This is because Poria cocos has diuretic effect. If eaten by these two groups of people, it will damage the healthy qi of the kidney and aggravate kidney deficiency, thus aggravating the condition.
Poria cocos should also be careful not to eat on an empty stomach, so as not to cause gastric acid increase, gastrointestinal discomfort and vomiting, and people with gastric ulcer and hyperacidity should also use it with caution.