Pregnant women, people with liver and kidney yin deficiency should be cautious of taking it.

Do not take it if you have a deficiency of yin in liver and kidney. Due to dermatological diseases after taking traditional Chinese medicine containing Poria cocos, resulting in allergy, itching of the skin all over the body, and scattered size of erythema pimples. The allergic symptoms did not occur after the original formula was removed from Poria cocos, but if Poria cocos was added, the allergic symptoms appeared again.

Pregnant women should not eat. Poria cocos in turtle soup, Cantonese people think it is the most effective soup to remove dampness and detoxification. However, Poria contains polysaccharides and ergosterol, protease, fatty acids, etc., which can cause allergic reactions, and occasionally cause skin redness, pimples, acne, bronchial asthma, abdominal pain, and so on.

The effect of Turtle Poria in Casserole

Turtle Poria has the effect of removing dampness, detoxifying and facilitating the joints. It is often used in damp-heat gonorrhea, under the belt, carbuncle, scrofula, scabies, syphilis and mercury poisoning caused by limb contracture, tendon contracture pain, scrofula, sores.　　

The Chinese medicine believes that turtle meat and turtle plate have the effect of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, removing dampness and detoxification, preventing and fighting cancer, benefiting the liver and lungs, benefiting the yin and replenishing the blood and so on, which is a very good food and medicine. In addition, turtle soup is also used as a main treatment for obstruction in the abdomen, malaria, wind paralysis, weak feet, weak children, women's post-partum weakness and non-recovery, prolapse of the anus or uterine prolapse. Cooking turtle meat has the effect of promoting recovery.

The above content reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Turtle with Poria, People's Daily Online - Poria Coix Seed Coix Seed Turtle Healthy Spleen and Remove Dampness