The main efficacy of Poria cocos: Poria cocos is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine for promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It tastes sweet and mild, and it is also suitable for the public to eat if it is used for daily health preservation. The specific medicinal value of Poria cocos mainly includes the following three points.
1, Poria cocos can eliminate dampness and promote diuresis.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that light taste has the function of infiltrating dampness, while poria cocos is not only light in taste, but also mild in medicinal properties. After taking it, it can promote diuresis without damaging vital qi.
For example, when the humidity in our body is high, skin edema often occurs. At this time, using poria cocos to make tea, porridge or poria cocos cakes can all play the role of diuresis and detumescence.
In addition, the use of Poria cocos can also alleviate the symptoms of dysuria, short and red urine caused by heavy damp heat in the lower jiao.
2, poria cocos can strengthen the spleen
The sweetness of Poria cocos is not suitable for the spleen and stomach. For people with weak spleen and stomach transport and transformation function, Poria cocos can also be used for health preservation.
For example, people with weak spleen and stomach, as well as people with spleen deficiency and dampness that hinder normal digestive function, are often accompanied by loose stool, abdominal distension, loss of appetite and so on. And poria cocos can also be relieved by medicine.
3. Poria cocos can soothe the nerves
Poria cocos also has a good calming effect. Poria cocos can also be used as medicine for many reasons, such as anxiety, palpitation, depression, insomnia and dreaminess.
Main efficacy of dried tangerine peel: Although dried tangerine peel has the same dehumidification effect, its efficacy mainly lies in promoting qi circulation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dried tangerine peel has a good effect of "regulating qi and strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm".
1, Chenpi can regulate qi and strengthen spleen.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is pungent, but pungent and can disperse, and its fragrance can awaken the spleen and stomach, so it also has a good protective effect on people's spleen and stomach when used as medicine.
For example, when the spleen and stomach are stagnant, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, etc. It often happens. If the qi in the spleen and stomach goes up, it will be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. For this kind of situation, dried tangerine peel can be quickly relieved by taking medicine.
2, dried tangerine peel can be wet and expectorant.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has the effect of eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and can play a certain role in relieving cough caused by phlegm-dampness stagnation, cough caused by poor lung qi, and some chronic cough.
Because dried tangerine peel is warm, it is more suitable for cough and asthma caused by some cold pathogens invading the lungs. In traditional Chinese medicine, dried tangerine peel is often used in prescriptions for treating phlegm-dampness cough and asthma and lung-cold cough and asthma.
3, dried tangerine peel can remove chest pain.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has a good effect of dispersing pungent and warming meridians, regulating qi and regulating middle energizer, especially for chest obstruction caused by qi stagnation.
For example, some people suffer from chest obstruction and qi stagnation, or phlegm-dampness blocks middle energizer, which often leads to chest tightness, shortness of breath, chest pain and foreign body sensation in the throat. At this time, tangerine peel can be used as medicine to relieve it.