Poria powder, i.e. powder of Poria grinding, is effective in diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the operation of water to dispel dampness), etc. It should be used in accordance with doctor’s prescription.
Poria is sweet, light, and flat in nature, belonging to the heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians, with the efficacy of diuresis and seepage of dampness, nourishing the heart and strengthening the spleen, and can be used for phlegm-drinking vertigo and palpitations (due to phlegm-drinking evil caused by vertigo and palpitations), oedema and urination, loose stools (fecal matter is not shapely) and diarrhea, deficiency of the spleen with less food, restlessness of the heart and mind, insomnia and palpitations.
Poria can be used to treat edema and dysuria caused by water-dampness (water-dampness staying in the body), often used together with zedoary, poria, atractylodes, gui zhi, such as wuling san; to treat edema caused by Yang deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, it can be used with appendicia and ginger, such as Zhenwu Tang.
Poria should be used with caution in those with deficiency of cold and essence, those with deficiency of yin without dampness and heat, and those with deficiency of qi and subsidence. The use of drugs should be carried out under the doctor’s diagnosis, not self-medication.