Poria cocos should refer to Poria cocos, mostly from Yunnan, which has the effect of seeping dampness and inducing diuresis, strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart, and can play a role in improving conditions such as diarrhea due to a deficiency of the spleen, uneasiness of the mind and spirit, and oedema and urinary incontinence.
Poria is mainly attributed to the heart, lungs, spleen and kidney meridians, sweet and light in taste, can strengthen the spleen and diuresis (promote the flow of water to dispel dampness), but also good at tranquilizing the mind, decoction or into the pills and can be suitable for Yang deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, edema, phlegm (a pathological product of impaired metabolism of fluids), vertigo palpitations, diarrhea of a deficiency of the spleen and dampness, the heart of the heart of qi deficiency of the restlessness of the heart and mind, spleen and stomach deficiency, fatigue and poor food and other patients.
Yunling is used clinically in combination with other drugs, such as with Atractylodes macrocephala, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Angelica sinensis and other traditional Chinese medicines, for the treatment of leucorrhoea (abnormal leucorrhoea with blood or blood clots), and tiredness of the limbs. The adverse effects of this product are not clear, of which those with deficiency and cold essence and slippery, Yin deficiency without dampness and heat should be used with caution.
Patients who are not feeling well are advised to consult a doctor in time, and should not use the drug on their own, which must be combined with the patient’s actual condition and used under the guidance of a doctor.