Poria, Job’s tears, ginger can be used in both medicine and food, of which Poria, Job’s tears of dampness is better, and ginger dampness effect is weak.
1. Poria: has the effect of diuresis, swelling, seepage of dampness. The main treatment for edema, phlegm (water metabolism disorders formed by the pathological products), diarrhea, palpitations, insomnia. Yin deficiency without dampness and heat, Qi deficiency and subsidence of patients should be taken with caution.
2. Job’s tear: Job’s tear: Coix Seed, with water retention and seepage of dampness (to promote the operation of water to dispel dampness), spleen and diarrhea. The main treatment of edema, foot fungus, urinary incontinence (urination), diarrhea, spleen deficiency, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncles occurring in the intestinal organs, to fever, right abdominal pain, can feel the lump for the performance) and so on. Pregnant women should be used with caution.
3. Ginger: It has the effect of relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), warming and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach). It can be used to treat wind-cold cold, stomach-cold vomiting, lung-cold cough, and can also detoxify fish and crab. It is not recommended for people with heatiness and internal heat deficiency.
If you feel unwell, please consult a doctor. If medication is needed, it should be diagnosed by a doctor and the treatment should be standardized according to the doctor’s prescription.