1, diuretic and detumescence
Poria cocos has many functions, such as nourishing water to reduce swelling, calming the nerves and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Poria cocos is a medicine for promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, but it is mild and does not harm healthy qi. All the symptoms of unfavorable urination and heavy water accumulation, whether it is cold-dampness, damp-heat, spleen deficiency and dampness, can be eaten together. For cold and dampness, it can be combined with Guizhi and Baizhu. For those who are partial to damp heat constitution, it can be combined with Polyporus and Alisma orientalis. Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus and Atractylodes macrocephala are suitable for patients with spleen deficiency. People with deficiency cold can also be combined with aconite root and Atractylodes macrocephala, with better effect.
2, improve the body's immunity
Poria cocos has certain antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects. Clinically, Poria cocos is used to treat esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, tongue cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer and lung cancer.
Step 3 lower blood pressure
Poria cocos can reduce the contraction amplitude of smooth muscle in our body and obviously reduce its tension. In metabolism, Poria cocos has the function of lowering blood sugar, because it can adjust the electrolyte balance of the body, and it can inhibit the change of capillary permeability and play a certain role in lowering blood pressure.
How to eat Poria cocos powder There are many ways to eat Poria cocos powder. When mixed with other materials, the effect is different. Generally speaking, Poria cocos powder can be made into soup, tea, porridge, cakes and so on.
Poria powder combined with coix seed can be made into appetizing porridge, which can be used to treat diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and dysuria in children. The specific method is to take 50 grams of Poria cocos powder, 50 grams of Coix seed, 0/0 gram of dried tangerine peel/kloc, appropriate amount of rock sugar and appropriate amount of japonica rice. First, the poria powder is soaked in clear water for five hours, the coix seed is also washed and soaked for eight hours in advance, and the japonica rice is soaked for four hours. After all the materials are soaked, drain the water, add appropriate amount of water to the casserole, bring it to a boil with high fire, then simmer with low fire until the porridge is cooked, then add the washed dried tangerine peel and appropriate amount of rock sugar, stir until the rock sugar is completely melted, and then turn off the heat.
In addition, Poria cocos powder with coix seed and flour can also be made into cakes, which are very popular with children. The practice is also quite simple. Take 50g of Poria cocos powder, 50g of Coicis Semen powder and 50g of white flour, add appropriate amount of white sugar into a clean basin, stir well, then buckle a hand in the middle, add a little water into the hole and start kneading. When kneading dough, pay attention to pushing the powder to the place where there is water in the middle as much as possible, and add clear water for many times to continue kneading dough until it becomes snowflake-like and grape-like dough, and knead it into dough with smooth surface. Take a little at a time and press it into a thin and even cake. After all the cakes are cooked, steam them and you can use them. It tastes sweet and chewy.
How does Poria cocos powder remove spots Poria cocos powder has a good therapeutic effect on skin roughness, chlorosis, chloasma and pigmentation caused by deficiency of qi and blood. Can be taken orally or made into facial mask for external use.
1, Sanbai decoction
According to the medical book Yaoyao, "5 grams of Radix Paeoniae Alba, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, and 2.5 grams of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, decocted in water and taken warm". Another convenient way to take Sanbai decoction is to make it into bagged tea bags to make tea. First, take Atractylodis Rhizoma powder, Paeonia lactiflora powder and Poria cocos powder about 100g, then add 500g licorice powder in half proportion, mix them evenly, then divide them into 20 parts and put them into an empty tea bag dedicated for making tea. Take out a small bag, soak it in boiling water once and drink it as tea. In order to avoid waste, you can soak it several times, at most once a day. Don't soak the tasteless tea bag a few times and then throw it away. You can take out the powder inside and apply it to the surface to make the best use of it.
2. Silver jade mask
Add10g of white powder and Poria cocos powder into a proper amount of tremella decoction, and stir it into a paste, preferably a little sticky, to prevent it from falling off when applied. Apply it to your face before going to bed every night and then wash it off the next morning. Stick to it for a month, and you can see the obvious effect of fading spots and scars.
Poria powder is forbidden to eat. Poria cocos tastes sweet and light. Entering the spleen meridian and acting on the spleen can help the spleen and stomach to eliminate water and dampness. Therefore, Poria cocos is a kind of good medicine which can not only strengthen the spleen and benefit the heart, but also benefit the water and ooze dampness. So, is poria cocos taboo? What are they?
Generally speaking, people with yin deficiency and body fluid injury and serious qi deficiency subsidence may need to use poria cocos with caution. In addition, pregnant women should not use poria cocos for diuresis to reduce swelling, so they can choose the diet therapy of barley, red beans and rice porridge to achieve the effect.
Looking through the ancient medicinal literature "Notes on Materia Medica": "Made by Marin. Evil is white. I am afraid of Meng Mu, Sanguisorba, Realgar, Gentiana macrophylla and Tortoise Shell. " On medicinal properties: "Avoid rice vinegar." "The Origin of Medicine": "If it is convenient or taken many times, it will harm people's eyes; If many people take it, they will lose their vitality and die. " Materia Medica: "Those who are deficient in kidney, addicted to self-interest, unable to help, or deficient in cold and refined, should not take it." "Deserved Materia Medica": "Qi deficiency sinks, water is dry and dry."
On the whole, Poria cocos can't be eaten together with Meng Mu, Sanguisorba officinalis, Realgar, Gentiana macrophylla, Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, and rice vinegar, or its characters conflict or overlap, and its diuretic effect is too great, which leads to excessive loss of human vitality. Moreover, Poria cocos should not be eaten too much, otherwise it will damage your eyesight. People who are prone to sweating have relatively yin deficiency, so they need to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan. Taking poria cocos will be counterproductive and not in line with the way of keeping in good health. Finally, tuckahoe is not recommended for the infirm with insufficient kidney qi.