In the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian wrote a poem praising Poria, saying, "The soup is full of ice porcelain, and the root of the spirit grows under the pine forest. The auspicious old man personally went out and taught the centenarians. " The efficacy of poria cocos mainly has the following aspects.

Strengthening spleen, stimulating appetite and helping digestion Poria cocos is not a tonic, but it has obvious effects of strengthening spleen and tonifying middle energizer. For people with weak spleen and stomach and loss of appetite, Poria cocos, ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala and yam can strengthen temper and promote digestion.

Poria cocos is an important drug for diuresis and dehumidification, which is mild in nature and can be used regardless of cold and heat. In daily life, some people often have swollen eyelids in the morning, and they will naturally reduce swelling in the afternoon. Others, due to overwork during the day and swollen feet at night, poria cocos can play a good role in diuresis and detumescence. "Medicine Heart Method" says: Poria cocos is a holy medicine, which can help orifices, yang, dampness and detumescence. Wuling powder is a famous diuretic prescription recorded in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which is mainly composed of Poria. In addition, friends who are troubled by obesity, especially those who are loose in fat and fat when drinking water, will also have a good weight loss effect if they insist on cooking soup with Poria cocos (50 ~ 100g) every day.

Nourishing the heart and calming the nerves to treat insomnia is also very significant. It can calm people who are upset and obviously improve the quality of sleep. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica records that Poria can cure "fright, fear" and "long-term peace of mind". The God in my heart is God, and if God is restless, he will not sleep well. Just calm down and go to sleep. Zhang Zhongjing's famous prescription Suanzaoren Decoction for insomnia contains Poria.

Eliminating phlegm and dampness to treat alopecia, the ancients said that "all diseases are caused by phlegm." Poria cocos can promote diuresis and permeate dampness, so that dampness can be dissolved and phlegm can be produced. Phlegm, blood stasis and dampness are the main causes of baldness, just like watering flowers at ordinary times. If there is too much water, the hole under the flowerpot will be blocked. If the water doesn't get wet, it will rot the roots, cause the plants to fall leaves and even die. So is the human body. If the water stays in the body, it will go to the top, and the water will corrode the hair roots and make the hair fall off easily. Eating more poria cocos can suck away the water that the human body swims, change the water circulation state of the human body, make the yang rise, and make the blood flow smooth. For example, people with seborrheic alopecia have more hair oil, which is related to the spread of dampness, and poria cocos is used just right. Mr. Yue Meizhong, a famous old Chinese doctor, likes to treat alopecia by "drinking Poria blindly", which is his unique skill.

Poria cocos medicated diet

Now I'll introduce you to some simple and easy-to-use medicated diets and learn them quickly.

Fuling wonton

Ingredients: 400g of Huang Mu chicken, 200g of Poria powder, 50g of lobster sauce, 2000ml of water, wonton skin and proper amount of salt.

Practice: Put the douchi in water, boil it over high fire, then turn to low fire for half an hour, and take the juice and discard the douchi for later use; Chop chicken, add Poria powder and salt to make stuffing; Make small wonton with wonton bag and cook with fermented soybean.

Efficacy: Poria cocos wonton comes from Compendium of Materia Medica. Li Shizhen thinks it can treat "old people's food choking" and "three or five servings are effective".

Fuling yangwei decoction

Ingredients: Poria cocos 20g, fresh yam100g, Euryale ferox 20g, lotus seed 20g, pig bone 20g.

Practice: Wash and blanch pig bones, and soak Euryale ferox and lotus seeds in warm water 1 hour. Add a proper amount of water into the pot, bring to a boil, add the above materials, slow fire 1 hour, and season.

Efficacy: Tonifying middle energizer, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness. Suitable for loose stool, diarrhea and abdominal distension after meals.

Finally, note that although poria cocos is good, pregnant women should use it with caution. Because, Poria cocos is diuresis and dampness, the drug potential goes down, and the drug properties tend to go down, which is easy to cause slippery tires. In addition, diabetics and menopausal people should also use it as little as possible. If necessary, it is best to use it with herbs with sweet, cold and nourishing yin, such as Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Fructus Lycii, Radix Glycyrrhizae and other herbs with nourishing body fluid, which will achieve the effect of tonifying kidney and nourishing yin.

SYNTHESIS: China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.