Efficacy and Benefits of Poria cocos Poria cocos is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with rich efficacy and function. It has many effects and functions on human body. We can also soak it in water at ordinary times, which has the effect of increasing resistance to our body. Here I will show you the efficacy and benefits of Poria cocos.
Efficacy and benefits of Poria cocos 1 Introduction
Poria cocos, commonly known as Poria cocos, Poria cocos and Poria cocos, is a fungal plant parasitic on the roots of pine trees. It is shaped like a sweet potato, with a dark brown skin and a white or pink interior. Its protozoa is the dry sclerotia of Poria cocos, a fungus of Polyporaceae, which is mostly parasitic on the roots of Pinus massoniana or Pinus densiflora. Produced in Yunnan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Sichuan and other places. The ancients called Poria cocos a "four-season medicine" because Poria cocos has a wide range of effects, regardless of the four seasons. When it is combined with various drugs, it can exert its unique efficacy regardless of cold and heat and rheumatism. Poria cocos is sweet, light and flat. When taking medicine, it has the functions of diuresis, invigorating spleen and stomach, calming the heart and calming the nerves. Modern medical research: Poria cocos can enhance the immune function of the body, and Poria cocos polysaccharide has obvious anti-tumor and liver protection effects.
Efficacy of Poria cocos
Poria cocos is sweet in taste, flat in nature, and enters the heart, lungs and spleen meridians. Has the effects of eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis, invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, calming heart and tranquilizing mind. Can be used for treating dysuria, edema, excessive phlegm, cough, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, stranguria, fright, amnesia, etc. The diuretic effect of Poria cocos is achieved by strengthening the spleen and tonifying the lung, which is different from other traditional Chinese medicines. Gui Ling Shugan Decoction, Sijunzi Decoction and Sini Decoction are all commonly used prescription of poria cocos.
1, appetizing soup.
Poria cocos 15g, Chinese yam 12g, cereal malt 30g each, and fresh and dried duck gizzards 1 each, boiled and taken. Treat children's indigestion and don't think about diet.
2. glutinous rice porridge.
Poria cocos, coix seed each 25 grams, dried tangerine peel 5 grams, appropriate amount of japonica rice, porridge. Treat diarrhea due to spleen deficiency in children and dysuria.
3, glutinous rice cake.
Poria cocos, coix seed and white flour, each 30g, are added with appropriate amount of white sugar, ground into fine powder, evenly pressed into cakes and steamed. It is suitable for children and has the effect of regulating the spleen and stomach.
4. Poria cocos, tangerine peel and ginger juice tea.
25g of Poria cocos and 5g of dried tangerine peel are decocted in water, and ginger juice 10 drop is added when drinking. Has effects in invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, and can be used for treating vomiting during pregnancy.
Function of Poria cocos
1, diuresis
2. Antibacterial effect: Poria cocos 100% decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Proteus. Poria cocos has no bacteriostatic effect on test tube method. The ethanol extract of Poria cocos can kill leptospira in vitro, but the decoction is ineffective.
3. Effect on digestive system: Poria cocos has a direct relaxing effect on isolated rabbit intestine, a preventive effect on ulcer caused by pylorus ligation in rats, and can reduce gastric acid. In addition, it has obvious protective effect on liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats, significantly reducing the activity of alanine aminotransferase and preventing hepatocyte necrosis.
4. Antitumor effect
Brief introduction of Smilax glabra
Smilax glabra is a perennial evergreen climbing shrub, which mostly grows on hillsides or forests. Only the dried rhizome is selected as the medicinal part. Often in summer and autumn, the fibrous roots are removed, washed, dried and used as medicine; Or fresh, sliced, dried and used as medicine.
Ecological environment:
1, growing in forests, shrubs, river banks or valleys below the altitude of 1800m, and also found in forest margins and sparse forests.
2. It grows in forests, shrubs or shady places on the hillside below 2000 meters above sea level.
Resource allocation:
1, distributed in Gansu (south), south of the Yangtze River Basin, Taiwan Province Province, Hainan, Yunnan and other places.
2. Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan.
3. It is also distributed in Vietnam, Thailand and India.
Efficacy of Smilax glabra
Dehumidification, detoxification, joint patency.
It can be used for treating limb contracture and muscle pain caused by damp-heat stranguria, leukorrhagia, carbuncle swelling, scrofula, scabies, syphilis and mercury poisoning.
1, syphilis. Decoct water with four or two Smilax glabra and seven Gleditsia sinensis seeds instead of tea.
2, bone contracture carbuncle leakage (muscle pain, ulceration into carbuncle, accumulate over a long period, become a lifelong disease). Use one or two of Smilax glabra, add Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Coptidis Rhizoma for clearing heat, add Sijunzi decoction for qi deficiency, add Siwu decoction for blood deficiency, and decoct with water instead of tea. Another prescription: use four or two pieces of Smilax glabra, one or two pieces of Siwutang, seven pieces of Gleditsia sinensis, forty-nine pieces of Sichuan pepper and seven pieces of wick, and use water instead of tea for decoction.
3. fester. Slice Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, or grind into powder, decoct in water, or eat porridge.
Taboo of Smilax glabra
Use with caution for people with liver and kidney yin deficiency. Smilax glabra caused allergic reaction, itchy skin all over the body, scattered in erythema papules. There are no allergic symptoms after removing Smilax glabra from the original prescription, but if Smilax glabra is added, allergic symptoms will appear again.
Efficacy and benefits of Poria cocos 2 Efficacy and function of Poria cocos
1, nourishing and strengthening the body
Poria cocos is a kind of health food with nourishing function. It is rich in natural polysaccharides and pachymic acid, and also contains some nutrients beneficial to human body, such as fatty acids and phospholipids. In addition, trace elements such as potassium, phosphorus and iron are also the most important substances in this Chinese herbal medicine. People can absorb these nutrients as soon as possible after taking them, which can relieve physical weakness, nourish and strengthen the body.
Step 2 Prevent cancer
People taking some Poria cocos in moderation can also enhance the anti-cancer ability of human body and effectively prevent cancer, because the natural polysaccharides, Ganoderma lucidum and triterpenoids contained in this Chinese herbal medicine are important anti-cancer components, which can prevent the canceration of human cells and inhibit the activity of carcinogens in human body. It can improve the anti-cancer ability of human body and prevent the deterioration of human cancer.
3. Prevention of hypertension
Hypertension is a high-risk disease of human beings, which requires long-term medication, so prevention should be given priority in daily life. Poria cocos is a commonly used medicine to prevent hypertension. It can not only reduce the amplitude of smooth muscle in human body, but also maintain the electrolyte balance in human body, purify blood, dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation and prevent hypertension from the root.
Taboo of poria cocos
Poria is a Chinese herbal medicine with obvious diuretic effect, and the diuretic effect is particularly good. Therefore, people who suffer from kidney deficiency and polyuria, or have a cold due to physical weakness and lack of essence are forbidden to use poria cocos, which will have adverse effects on the body after taking it. In addition, Yunnan Poria cocos is forbidden to be eaten with rice vinegar, which will be harmful to human health.