The formula of poria cocos powder is a kind of dampness-removing health-preserving powder, which consists of eight kinds of Chinese yam, red beans, coix seed, lotus meat, Euryale euryales, white lentils, poria cocos and mung beans. Its formula is included in Li Gao's famous Chinese medical classic Spleen and Stomach. Later generations took yam and poria cocos as the main name, which was called "Mountain Poria Powder", and it appeared in the Hakka area of Meizhou, Guangdong Province.

Since ancient times, Guangdong was thought to be mostly a humid area. The so-called cigar smoke actually refers to humidity. In ancient times, people in the Central Plains and northern regions were reluctant to come to the south, and many people thought that they could not go back if they came. During the third great migration of Hakkas, Hakkas brought the formula of eliminating dampness handed down by their ancestors to Guangdong from the Central Plains.

This formula is made up of 8 kinds of Chinese yam, red bean, coix seed, lotus seed, Gordon Euryale seed, white lentil, Poria cocos and mung bean, so as to prevent the "malodorous" in Lingnan area. This recipe was later included in Spleen and Stomach Theory. Later Hakkas called this formula: Shanfu powder.

Expand the efficacy of Poria cocos

Poria cocos, sweet, light and flat in nature, can remove spots, whiten and moisturize skin, enhance immune function and dilate blood vessels. "The Essentials of Materia Medica" says: "Poria cocos is the end, mixed with honey, and applied on the surface to treat facial sores and black blisters of lying-in women like bird eggs." Poria cocos can not only remove black and white noodles, but also strengthen the black hair and prolong life. Poria cocos, also known as Fuling, belongs to Polyporaceae of Basidiomycetes.

Poria cocos is a special resource in the primeval forest in mountainous areas. Medicine has a wide range of uses. Poria cocos is flat in nature, sweet and light in taste, beneficial to spleen, calming the nerves, promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness. Poria cocos can treat diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, palpitation and insomnia, dysuria, edema and other symptoms. Poria cocos is an important raw material for synthesizing brain-body drugs.

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