Poria cocos is Poria, daily consumption can be decocted soup, porridge or made into cakes, as a medicinal herb can be decocted into the medicine or into the pills, powder to take. Poria belongs to the water diuresis and seepage of dampness (to promote the flow of water to dispel dampness) medicine, the family for the Polyporaceae fungi Poria’s dried fungus kernels. Poria cocos has the effect of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness, strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart. Poria cocos is used for the treatment of water-dampness stagnation caused by urinary incontinence (urination), edema, can be used with Gui Zhi, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc.; for the treatment of spleen and kidney yang deficiency (deficiency of yang qi in the spleen and kidneys) edema, with Pseudostemonopsis, ginger; for the treatment of water-heat intertwined with each other, the evil heat to injure the yin, with Zedoary, Poria, with the treatment of water and water to stop in the stomach and vomiting, often used in conjunction with ginger, half-sia. Poria cocos can also strengthen the spleen and replenish the deficiency, treating deficiency of spleen qi often with ginseng, atractylodes, etc.; treatment of diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency and dampness, often with ginseng, yam, etc.. The adverse effects of Poria cocos are not clear. Poria cocos is contraindicated in those who are allergic to Poria cocos. If necessary, please use under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.