Poria cocos is a particularly good Chinese medicine, usually ground into powder, soak water to drink, so very nutritious. However, it is found that Poria is not soluble in water at all, which is very worrying, so how to consume Poria powder which is not soluble in water and can't be washed away? Poria powder how to mix into a paste?

How to consume Poria powder that does not dissolve in water

Really Poria powder does not dissolve in water. There are quite a few ways to consume Poria powder: you can make cakes, pasta, and porridge.

If you soak it directly in water, it will float on the water surface, not very practical. But there is a way to mix it with honey first, and then take it with warm boiled water.

How to make poria powder into a paste

First, use cold water to melt the poria powder, and then according to the thickness of the paste you need to add the right amount of water, and then put on the gas stove on medium heat to cook, with chopsticks or a spoon in the pot and keep stirring in one direction, and so see the paste gradually transparent on the good.

How to eat Poria

Poria is insoluble in water and is usually cooked in porridge or made into pasta. Poria powder, 30 grams of rice, 7 red dates. Boil the rice first, then put in red dates, and when the porridge is ready, put in Poria powder and stir well with chopsticks. It can be used for dizziness, weakness, palpitations, insomnia, etc. It is good for strengthening the spleen, benefiting the vital energy and calming the mind.

How to recognize the authenticity of Poria

1. Soak it in water, preferably in a pot while boiling. Fake Poria is quickly dispersed and melted away. The real Poria is unchanged in shape.

2, bite, real Poria sticky teeth, fake Poria is similar to chalk. Some are glued, very brittle.

3, draw hard on the concrete floor, real Poria will not have traces. If there is a white line, it is a fake Poria.

4, the genuine Poria is generally more delicate than the pseudo Poria cross-section, chewing taste light, powder in the optical microscope can be seen in a large number of mycelium, no starch particles, drops of dilute iodine solution without obvious color changes.