Poria cocos has the efficacy of facilitating joints, removing dampness and detoxification, with a common dosage of 15~60g, but it is usually not used for lowering uric acid.
Poria cocos is the dried rhizomes of Sarsaparilla glabra, family Liliaceae, which is flat in nature, sweet and bland in flavor, attributed to the liver meridian and stomach meridian, with the effects of joint relaxation, dehumidification, detoxification, mainly used for the treatment of syphilis and mercury poisoning resulting in musculoskeletal pain, limb constriction, but also for the treatment of scabies, scrofula (mainly refers to the neck lymph nodes nodules), carbuncles, bandhidth, hot and damp lymph, and is usually not used to lower the uric acid.
This product is usually a decoction of water, the dosage in the 15 ~ 60 g. This product adverse reactions, contraindications are not clear, it is recommended that the patient’s physical discomfort in a timely manner to the regular hospital, follow the doctor’s instructions for symptomatic treatment of medication. Do not use drugs privately, so as not to cause damage to the body.