Poria as food and medicine has good effects on treat disease.

Poria is sweet, light and neutral. It has Function of removing swelling, excreting dampness, strengthening spleen and calming the mind. It can be used in the treatment of various kinds of edema, spleen deficiency syndrome and heart palpitations and insomnia. The function of strengthening sleen and calming the mind is particularly important.

Due to poria is neutral in nature, poria can long term take. Poria can be used in excess syndrome and deficiency syndrome, which is one of the major features of calming the mind. Many other drugs are irreplaceable. It has good effects on insomnia.

Prescription:

Insomnia: take 50 grams of Poria and decoct 2 times with water.  Take juice about 100 ml and take 2 times.  Respectively take in naps and bedtime before half an hour.  1 month has one course. Stop all the sedative, fast food and spicy food during the medication.

Edema:  eat biscuit with 30%content of poria.  Each adult take 8 pieces (each piece contains 3.5 grams of drug), and take 3 times a day and children keep half.

Infantile diarrhea:  grind poria into fine powder, each time takes 0.5 to 1 grams and take 3 times a day. In clinical, it is used in the treatment of infantile diarrhea.

Rheumatoid arthritis: 50 grams of poria, 30 grams of Radix stephaniae tetrandrae and 30 grams of achyranthes. Decoct three times to take juice without residue. Stew a pettitoe to take two meals and even take 7 days.

Cardiac edema: 50 grams of poria, 30 grams of astragalus, 20 grams of Pericarpium Arecae, 20 grams of Alismataceae and 30 grams of  ligusticum wallichii. Decoct with water with three times to take juice without residue. Use medicine juice to cook 50 grams of rice into porridge. Eat three meals a day and even take 2 months.

Morbid leucorrhea: 30 grams of poria powder, 30 grams of psyllium seed, 60 grams of rice, appropriate amount of sugar. Decoct psyllium seed (bundle) with 300 ml of water. When cook for half an hour, remove the gruffs. Add rice, poria powder and the appropriate amount of water to cook porridge. Add the appropriate amount of sugar. Take 2 times a day with empty stomach. Function: excreting dampnessm, clearing heat and strengthening spleen.it is suitable for morbid leucorrhea. Note: pregnant women should not use.

What do you eat to nourish spleen and eliminate dampness?

Accumulate dampness will cause a lot of troubles.  Many people do not take it seriously, as time passes, people have accumulated a lot of pain. Actually, in daily life, as long as pay a attention to diet, dampness is not around you. Recommend a variety of soups to help against dampness.

Stew pork lean poria and imperata cylindrica

Functions: eliminate dampness, remove fatigue, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Materials: appropriate amount of fresh poria, 80 grams of imperata cylindrica, 10 red dates, 400 grams of pork lean, 3 pieces of ginger.

Method: wash all materials. Cut poria into blocks, cut imperata cylindrical into sections and remove red date’s nutlets. Put them with ginger into the clay pot, add 2500 ml water (10 bowls) and cook with strong fire until boiling. Change into soft fire for two hours and add appropriate amount of salt.

Radix Fici simplicissimae, chicken toe and pork chine soup

Function: benefit yang, strengthen spleen, eliminate dampness and strengthen the muscles and bones.

Material: 100 grams of Radix Fici simplicissimae, 6 chicken toes, 400 grams of pork chine, 3 pieces of ginger.

Method: wash all materials.  Remove chicken toes’ nails and smash. Crack pork chine. Put them with ginger into the clay pot, add 2500 ml water (10 bowls) and cook with strong fire until boiling. Change into soft fire for two hours and add appropriate amount of salt. This amount is appropriate for 3~4 people.

Stew Chinese yam, glutinous rice wine and chicken

Functions: eliminate dampness, dispel cold, strengthen spleen and calm the mind.

Materials: 25 grams of Chinese yam, 15 grams of goji berry, 10 grams of longan pulp (pharmacy sells), 50 ml of glutinous rice wine, one chicken (about 750 grams), 3 pieces of ginger.

Method: wash all herbs and slightly soak. Clear chicken and cut to the tail. Put it with the ginger into the pot, add cold boiling 1250 ml water (5 bowls) and stew for 3 hours with cover. Add appropriate salt.