Poria, adzuki bean, lentil and chickweed boiled in water to drink, have the effect of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (to promote the operation of water to get rid of dampness), subduing swellings and draining pus, strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart, harmonizing the middle and eliminating the summer heat, clearing heat and removing toxins, dredging the liver and relieving pain, and reducing yellowness, and so on.
Poria is used for strengthening the spleen and dampness, inducing diuresis and tranquilizing the heart, for restlessness, palpitations and insomnia, loose stools and diarrhea in a deficient spleen, and oedema and urinary incontinence.
The effect of red lentil is diuretic, detoxification and drainage of pus, which is used for edema, swollen feet, jaundice and urine, carbuncle, swollen sores and so on.
The efficacy of lentils is to reduce summer heat, strengthen the spleen and dissolve dampness, used for weak spleen and stomach, loose stools, summer dampness, vomiting and diarrhea, chest tightness and abdominal distension.
Chicken Bone Herb is effective in relieving liver pain, clearing heat and removing toxins, inducing diuresis and eliminating jaundice (removing dampness and eliminating jaundice). It is used in treating jaundice due to dampness-heat, stomach distension and pain, and carbuncle and pain (redness, swelling and pain in the breasts and poor discharge of breast milk, resulting in suppurative disease).
It must be noted that yin deficiency without dampness-heat, deficiency cold and slippery semen, qi deficiency and subsidence should be taken with caution Poria; yin deficiency and fluid injury should be cautious of using red lentils; white lentils should not be eaten more, so as not to congestion of qi and injury to the spleen.
Poria, red lentils, lentils, chicken bone grass boil water is equivalent to decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, can not be taken without authorization, must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, so as not to cause adverse consequences.