Poria cocos is usually decocted into traditional Chinese medicine soup.
Poria cocos is sweet, light and flat in nature, belonging to the liver and stomach meridians, with the effects of detoxification, removing dampness, and facilitating the joints, it can be used for the contracture of limbs due to syphilis and mercury poisoning, musculoskeletal pains, dampness-heat gonorrhea, bandicoot, carbuncle, scrofula (mainly refers to the lymph node nodule tuberculosis in the neck), and scabies etc. The adverse effects and contraindications of this product are not clear. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this product are not clear.
Poria cocos has limited effect when used alone, it can be used together with Qiancheng, Gardenia, Huanglian to enhance the efficacy of removing dampness-heat evil poison.
For the treatment of urethral astringent pain caused by dampness-heat, Poria cocos can be used with Mutong, dandelion, knotgrass. For the treatment of contracture of limbs caused by heat, Poria cocos can be used with honeysuckle, white fresh skin, licorice.
Poria cocos is usually decocted into Chinese medicine soup, if you need to use, please under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the evidence, do not self-medication, so as not to affect your health.