Poria cocos can treat gout of damp-heat paralysis type. Gout belongs to the category of “paralysis” in traditional Chinese medicine, according to the diagnosis is divided into damp-heat paralysis, wind-cold-dampness paralysis (wind, cold, dampness, three kinds of evil Qi invade the human body to cause paralysis of the limbs), phlegm and blood stasis stagnation, etc., Poria cocos has the effect of detoxification, elimination of dampness, and joints, and it can treat damp-heat paralysis type of gout. Poria cocos is sweet and light, detoxicating and diuresis, and can also be used for joints and detoxification of mercury. Used for syphilis or syphilitic mercury poisoning resulting in contracture of the limbs, tendon and bone pain, the effect is particularly good, so it is the key medicine for syphilis. Poria cocos is sweet and light, detoxifying and inducing dampness, so it can be used for the symptoms caused by dampness-heat, such as gonorrhea and leucorrhea (cloudy urine and leucorrhea), carbuncle, swelling, eczema, and so on. It is used for heat drenching (burning and stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), often used together with Mutong, Polygonum aviculare, and Plantago ovata; it is used for damp-heat leucorrhea and carbuncle and scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of lymph nodes of the neck), more often used with Cangzhu, Cyperus rotundus, and so on. People with liver and kidney yin deficiency (insufficient yin fluid in the liver and kidneys) should be cautious of taking Tu Fu Ling. If you need to take this medicine, it is recommended to do so under the guidance of a doctor.