Gui Zhi Poria all belong to the Chinese herbal medicine, should be taken in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not blindly use their own medication. Long-term consumption of Gui Zhi Poria has some harm, may hurt the yin and blood.
1. Gui Zhi is the dried young branch of Cinnamomum cinnamomi of the family Camphoraceae, which has the efficacy of sweating and relieving muscle (relieving the evil on the surface of the skin), warming the meridians and channels, and assisting yang to transform the qi, etc. It is often used for wind-cold cold and flu, blood-cold menstrual closure, and paralysis of the joints and other illnesses.
Attention to cinnamon sticks pungent and warm to help heat, easy to hurt the yin and blood, all external heat disease, yin deficiency and fire, blood heat paranoia (heat caused by blood abnormalities out) and other evidence, should be avoided, pregnant women and menstruation with caution. Therefore, long-term use of Gui Zhi may hurt yin and move blood.
2. Poria is the dried fungus of Poria cocos of Poriaceae family, which has the effect of diuresis and dampness (promoting the operation of water to get rid of dampness), strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart, and is often used in edema and urination, phlegm-drinking and vertigo palpitation (due to vertigo and palpitation caused by phlegm-drinking and evil influence), deficiency of the spleen with little food, and loose stools (loose feces, not shapely), diarrhea and other conditions. Note that it should be taken with caution for people with deficiency of cold and essence, deficiency of yin without dampness and heat, and deficiency of qi and subsidence.
With the above conditions can follow the doctor’s instructions to take Gui Zhi Poria to regulate, the specific time of medication is also decided by a professional doctor, do not blindly use their own long-term medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.