Five-fingered hairy peach has the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, dispelling phlegm and resolving dampness, and soothing the tendons and activating the joints, but it should not be used by patients who do not have dampness. Poria cocos has the effect of detoxifying and dispelling dampness, and facilitating the joints, and needs to be taken with caution for those with liver and kidney yin deficiency.
Five-fingered hairy peach is the dried root of Ficus vulgaris of the mulberry family. It is sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and belongs to the lung, stomach, spleen, large intestine and liver meridians. It has the effects of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, dispelling phlegm and resolving dampness, and relaxing the tendons and activating the collaterals, and it is suitable for treating phlegm and asthma in lung deficiency, qi deficiency of the spleen and stomach, low food intake and abdominal distension, rheumatism and paralysis, limb fatigue and weakness, oedema, and diarrhea.
Poria cocos is sweet in taste and flat in nature, belonging to liver and stomach meridian, with the effect of detoxification and dehumidification, and facilitating the joints, mainly used for syphilis and mercury poisoning resulting in limb contracture, musculoskeletal pain, dampness-heat gonorrhea, scabies, and subluxation of the belt.
Five-fingered hairy peach and Poria cocos can be used for internal use after decoction, but it should be noted that the five-fingered hairy peach has the effect of removing dampness, for those who do not have dampness should not be taken, so as not to cause a deficiency of yin and fire, pregnant women need to be careful to take. The liver and kidney yin deficiency patients need to be careful to take Tu Fu Ling, if you need to take, should be used under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners.
Five-finger hairy peach and Poria cocos are Chinese herbs, in order to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medication, should be used under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner’s diagnosis, not blindly self-medication.