Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treats diseases by generalizing, not by the nutrients or elements contained. The prejudice of traditional Chinese medicine is a double-edged sword, which can cure diseases and hurt people. Poria cocos, for example, is light and breathable, which is beneficial to the effect of water seepage. This kind of water seepage is effective for symptoms such as water swelling, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and insomnia caused by drinking water, and it is also a good medicine. However, for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, thirst due to internal heat, dry mouth and throat, and less red tongue and body fluid, taking Poria cocos will be harmful and useless, because Poria cocos is light in taste and conducive to water infiltration. If it is already deficient in yin deficiency and body fluid, it will benefit water conservancy and diuresis, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire and will only aggravate the condition.
The side effect of Poria cocos is not its toxicity, but its partiality. Not only poria cocos, but also any Chinese medicine. For example, Chinese medicine for warming and tonifying kidney yang is a good medicine for kidney-yang deficiency syndrome without side effects, while taking it for kidney-yin deficiency syndrome has adverse side effects such as blushing and nosebleeds. Therefore, any traditional Chinese medicine is biased. If it is beneficial to the syndrome, if it is incorrect, improper medication will have side effects, and so will Poria.
What is the difference between Poria cocos and Poria cocos?
There is a difference between poria cocos and poria cocos.
Poria cocos is a kind of Poria cocos cultivated in Yunnan. Because Pinus massoniana contains more rosin than pine trees in northern Yunnan, predecessors thought that the quality of Poria cocos planted there was better. Now some old Chinese doctors still think so.
Because of Lu Xun's lofty position, there are some criticisms of Chinese medicine. Many research institutes have compared the chemical composition of Poria cocos with that of Poria cocos, and there is nothing special about it. Now it is also collectively called poria cocos.
In addition, the previous Poria cocos was divided into four parts: Poria cocos, plain films, planed films, white films, red films, white blocks, red blocks, dice squares, crushed Poria cocos, Poria cocos powder, Poria cocos skin, ginseng blocks and ginseng wood. In recent years, the Institute has carried out pharmacological and pharmaceutical experiments on all these parts and observed clinical practice, which proves that there is not much difference in the application of various commodity specifications.
Pharmacological action (also the main aspect)
1, intraperitoneal injection of Poria cocos extract or ear vein administration of ethanol extract have diuretic effect on normal rabbits, and the diuretic effect of Poria cocos is related to its potassium salt.
2. Ethanol extract can make the blood sugar of rabbits increase first and then decrease.
3. Poria cocos decoction has sedative effect on mice, and the sedative effect of Poria cocos is inferior to Poria cocos.
4. Poria cocos can prevent experimental ulcer in rats.
5. Huo Ling extract and tincture can inhibit frog heart in vitro.
6. Natural pachyman has no anti-tumor activity. If the side chain is removed by chemical method, pachyman with strong anti-tumor activity can be obtained.
7. The poria cocos polysaccharide is made into water-soluble carboxymethyl poria cocos polysaccharide. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy have synergistic effect on patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, gastric cancer and other malignant tumors, and also have certain curative effect on patients with hepatitis.
Now most of them are cultivated by new methods. Poria cocos has little diuretic effect, but there is no such thing as Poria cocos. Insomniacs have to find another substitute.
Poria cocos in ancient books has a very long edible history in China, and it was listed as the top grade as early as Shennong Herbal Classic.
Poria cocos is a fungal plant parasitic on the roots of pine trees, that is to say, it belongs to the same class as auricularia auricula and Lentinus edodes.
The ancients thought it was "born of relaxation" and "relaxed spirit"
Huainan Yanzi: In the Millennium, there was Poria cocos in Panasonic and rabbit silk on the floor.
Canon: the turpentine is poria cocos, and the pine tree is red.
Li Shizhen said that Poria cocos is as big as a bucket, as hard as a stone, and it will win.
Li Dongyuan said that although Poria cocos is light and helpful, it is willing to help Yang. Ganping can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, and it is also a holy medicine for dehumidification.
Poria cocos is called "four-season medicine" because it has a wide range of functions and can be used regardless of the four seasons. Moreover, it is a "universal CP body", which is compatible with drugs of different properties, can rise and fall, can tonify and diarrhea, and has its place regardless of cold, heat and rheumatism.
How to eat poria cocos is better? Since ancient times, Poria cocos has been eaten in many ways. In addition to Su Dongpo's eating method of poria cocos cake, the method of making "poria cocos crisp" was recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica in the Song Dynasty, and he also collected many methods of making ancient poria cocos food. There are many recipes for eating poria cocos in books such as Scholars, Behind Experience and Sun Zhenren Pillow.
However, these eating methods are very particular and the production methods are complicated. With the fast-paced living habits of modern people, I'm afraid it's hard to imitate.
Poria cocos is thick and hard. As Li Shizhen said, it is good to be as hard as a stone. There is no good way to eat such a good thing, and few people want to eat it.
However, the following ways of eating Poria cocos are not only suitable for a wide range of people, but also simple and convenient to make and have a good taste.
1, Yam Shen Si Decoction
Materials: Poria cocos, lotus seeds, Euryale ferox seeds, Coix lachryma-jobi seeds and Chinese yam 15g each.
Practice: soak the above materials for less than 2 hours, rinse them with clear water, put them into a soymilk machine or a high-speed mixer, add water according to the water level, and select the "Soymilk" button. After the soybean milk is ready, add a little sugar to taste.
Poria cocos, lotus seeds, euryales seed, coix seed and yam have different functions. Together they are more effective than a single food. Sugar can be wet. If the humidity is heavy, the tongue is thick and the appetite is bad, it is best not to add sugar.
2. Sanfu Decoction
Ingredients: 50 grams of adzuki bean, 40 grams of poria cocos, and 6 Chinese dates.
Practice: Soak adzuki beans and Poria cocos for more than 2 hours, wash the jujube, remove the core and shred, put all the materials into a soymilk machine or a high-speed blender, add water and select the "soymilk" button.
The sweetness of red dates is enough, and no sugar is needed. But jujube can't be replaced by sugar, because adzuki bean and Poria cocos are diuretic and belong to "diarrhea", while jujube is "tonic" to balance adzuki bean and Poria cocos.
3. Poria cocos sesame paste
Su Dongpo's Fuling cake is good, but it is too complicated to make. Can be simplified by soymilk machine. Although the effect is not as good as "slow work and fine work", it is simple and easy to adhere to, and will play a great role over time.
Ingredients: Poria cocos 45g, black sesame 4/5 cups. 2 spoonfuls of honey.
Practice: soak Poria cocos for more than 2 hours, put it in a soymilk machine or a high-speed blender with black sesame seeds, add water, and select the "soymilk" button. After beating, air it to about 50℃, add 2 spoonfuls of honey and stir well.
Some nutrients of honey are easy to be destroyed at high temperature, so Poria cocos sesame paste should be dried to about 50℃-60℃ before adding honey.
4. Sijunzi Tea
Ingredients: 9 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 9 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala and 9 grams of Poria, and 6 grams of roasted licorice. Jujube 1, 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: Put Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata into a tea bag and wash them. Wash jujube and tear the core. Put the tea bag, ginger and jujube into a health pot, add about 800ml of water, soak for 20-30 minutes, and select the "scented tea" button. After cooking, air it to the right temperature and drink tea instead.