Poria cocos has the efficacy of removing dampness, detoxification, etc. Five-fingered hairy peach has the efficacy of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, expelling phlegm and resolving dampness, etc. Therefore, Poria cocos and five-fingered hairy peach boiled in water together also have some of the above efficacy.
Poria cocos is the dried rhizome of Sarsaparilla glabra, family Liliaceae, which has the effects of removing dampness, facilitating the joints and detoxifying the toxins, and it can be used to treat the diseases such as damp-heat gonorrhea, dyspareunia, carbuncle, scrofula (mainly refers to the tuberculosis of lymph nodes in the neck), scabies, as well as the contractures of limbs, tendon and bone pains caused by syphilis and mercury poisoning.
Five Fingered Peach is medicinally derived from the dried root of Ficus vulgaris of the mulberry family, which has the efficacy of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, dispelling phlegm and resolving dampness, and relaxing the tendons and activating the collaterals. It can be used for treating diseases such as deficiency of qi in the spleen and stomach, low food intake and abdominal distention, lung deficiency and phlegm asthma, tiredness and weakness of the limbs, oedema, rheumatism and paralysis, and lumbar and leg pains.
It should be noted that the active ingredients of Chinese medicine boiled in water are less precipitated, its efficacy and effect are limited, and it can not replace the medication to treat the disease.
If you are not feeling well, it is recommended that you consult a doctor in a timely manner and follow the doctor’s instructions, do not blindly use medication on your own, so as not to delay your condition.