The difference between raw and cooked Poria cocos

White Poria cocos is a very common Chinese medicinal material. After processing, Poria cocos can be made into a very common Chinese medicine. It can be put together with various Chinese medicines in all seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. It is very suitable for combination with many Chinese medicines, and has no side effects. Poria cocos tastes sweet and light and has a mild nature. It helps to remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, calm the mind and tranquilize the nerves. It also has a very good effect on enhancing the body's immunity.

White Poria cocos, a traditional Chinese medicine name. It is the white part after cutting off the red Poria cocos from the medicinal material Poria cocos block, usually a Chinese herbal medicine. It has a wide range of effects and can be used in all seasons. When combined with various medicines, it can exert its unique effects on all diseases, including cold, heat, wind and dampness.

Poria cocos tastes sweet, light and neutral in nature. It has the functions of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, benefiting the spleen and stomach, and calming the mind and tranquilizing the nerves when used as medicine. Modern medical research: Poria cocos can enhance the body's immune function, and Poria cocos polysaccharide has obvious anti-tumor and liver protection effects. However, those with cold deficiency, loose sperm or qi deficiency should not take it.

Cooked Poria cocos powder is produced by processing raw Poria cocos powder, but it has the effect of warming the spleen compared to raw Poria cocos powder. Generally, sub-health is caused by spleen deficiency generating dampness, which leads to dampness causing poor spleen function, greatly reducing the ascending and descending functions, and causing clear Qi not to be generated and turbid Qi not to descend.

Poria cocos can remove dampness and restore the spleen's function of transporting and transforming. It can restore the health of people with heavy dampness, and naturally they will not be sub-healthy. Therefore, it is generally better to use raw Poria powder. However, if the spleen is weak and dampness is heavy and there is internal cold, it is better to use cooked Poria powder. However, it should be noted that cooked Poria powder can easily generate heat. Generally, people who suffer from sub-health conditions caused by yin deficiency and internal heat leading to spleen deficiency need to take it with caution, otherwise the heat evil will make the body more uncomfortable.

In addition, cooked Poria cocos powder has a warming effect, so it should not be taken with yogurt. This is because yogurt is a liver-soothing substance. Although it is mild and warm in nature, it can easily weaken the spleen-strengthening effect of cooked Poria cocos powder. Therefore, it is best not to mix it with yogurt, as the effect will be slightly worse.

Medical effects

1. The main polysaccharide is pachyman, with a content of up to 75%. It is a β (1→3) pyranoglucoside with β (1→6) pyranoglucoside branches. Cutting the branches into β (1→3) glucoside is called pachymaran, often called pachyman polysaccharide (PPS), which has anti-tumor activity. Carboxymethyl tuckahoe has immune-enhancing and anti-tumor effects.

2. Triterpene carboxylic acids include pachymic acid, tumulosic acid, eburicoic acid, pinicolic acid, and 3β-hydroxylanosta-7,9(11),24-trien-21-oic acid. It also contains 7,9(11)-dehydropachymic acid, 7,9(11)-dehydrotrimoxanic acid, polyporenic acid C and 3,4-secolanostane triterpenoid compounds. Polyporic acid has cytotoxic effects when applied externally to the liver. also,