The correct way to eat Poria cocos

Generally purchased on the market has been concocted Poria cocos, can be directly boiled porridge, soup, etc., can also be used with other drugs decoction soup medication. Poria cocos can diuretic and seepage of dampness (to promote the operation of water to eliminate dampness), is diuretic to remove dampness to the drug, whether hot or cold, the real edema, or urinary incontinence (urine is not smooth) and other diseases can be used Poria cocos treatment. If the treatment of water-dampness internal stop (water-dampness stays in the body) caused by edema, urinary disorders, etc., with atractylodes macrocephala, poria, zejiao, etc.. Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen, exudate water-dampness and stop diarrhea, can be used to treat the spleen deficiency and dampness due to poor appetite, tiredness, loose stools and other conditions, often used with Job’s tears, yam, atractylodes. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Poria cocos are not clear, and should be taken with caution in cases of yin deficiency without dampness-heat, deficiency cold and essence-slip, and qi deficiency and subsidence. If you need to use medication, you should ask your doctor for identification and use it under the doctor’s guidance, do not blindly self-medication.