Poria cocos has the medicinal value of detoxification, expelling dampness, and facilitating the joints.
Poria cocos is a kind of Chinese medicine. It is sweet in flavor, light in taste, flat in nature, and belongs to the liver and stomach meridians. It is the dried tuber of sarsaparilla light-leaf sarsaparilla of the lily family. Its effect is to detoxify, in addition to the efficacy of expelling dampness and facilitating joints.
Poria cocos is useful in the treatment of syphilis, limb spasms, gonorrhea, dribbling, itchy skin eczema, carbuncles and boils, and other conditions.
The adverse effects of Poria cocos are not known. Caution should be taken when taking this medicine, as it should be avoided in cases of liver and kidney yin deficiency (insufficient yin fluid in the liver and kidneys), and tea should be avoided when taking this medicine.
Before taking this medicine, you need to be guided by a doctor for identification, and you should not take the medicine on your own, so as not to cause adverse effects on the body.