What is the difference between Poria and Poria cocos?

China's traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive. There are now many types of Chinese medicine. For example, Poria cocos is a well-known Chinese medicine. It is widely used in life. It can not only assist in the treatment of diseases, but also has a good health-preserving effect. In reality, it is found that many people often confuse Poria cocos and Poria cocos because the names of the two are somewhat similar. In fact, these are two completely different medicines.

First, Poria

Poria contains tuckahoe polysaccharide, glucose, protein, amino acids, organic acids, fat, lecithin, adenine, bile alkaloids, ergosterol, various enzymes and potassium salts.

Second, the efficacy and function of Poria cocos

The efficacy and function of Poria cocos

1. Traditional efficacy

It can promote diuresis and eliminate dampness, strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm, calm the mind and soothe the nerves, eliminate toxins and fight cancer. The medicine has a mild nature and can eliminate dampness without damaging the body's vital energy. Taking it in moderation can be a good tonic for the humid seasons of spring and summer.

It can cure symptoms such as difficulty urinating, edema, phlegm and cough, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, stranguria, palpitations, and forgetfulness.

The Pachycolic acid it contains has the effects of enhancing immunity, anti-tumor, sedation, and lowering blood sugar.

It can relax the smooth muscles of the digestive tract, inhibit gastric acid secretion, prevent liver cell necrosis, and has antibacterial effects.

2. Newly discovered efficacy

The main component of Poria cocos is pachymannan, which has a very high content. It has an inhibitory effect on many kinds of bacteria; it can reduce gastric acid and has a preventive effect on gastrointestinal ulcers; it has a significant protective effect on liver damage; it has an anti-tumor effect; it can regulate immune function in many aspects; it can accelerate the recovery of leukocytopenia caused by chemotherapy; and it has a sedative effect.

Third, Poria

Poria is the sclerotium of Poria cocos, a plant of the genus Poria in the family Polyporaceae. The original species is a lower plant and a fungus that parasitizes on pine trees.

The sclerotium has the same morphology as Poria cocos, with a pine root running through the middle. Most of the products have been cut into square slices, which are solid and powdery. The cut pine roots are brown-yellow in color with ring-like textures (annual rings) on the surface. The effects of Poria are calming the mind, soothing the nerves and promoting diuresis. Treats palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, epilepsy, and difficulty urinating.

1. Treat dizziness, wind deficiency, five fatigues and dry mouth. It can stop palpitations, anger and forgetfulness. It is fun, beneficial to the brain and nourishes the spirit.

2. It can treat epilepsy, calm the mind and relieve fatigue; it can treat acute pain and fullness under the heart, and intestinal discomfort. Treats heart deficiency and shortness of breath, strengthens the spleen and promotes warming.

3. Treat heart deficiency and blood deficiency, restlessness, frequent shock and confusion, and restless sleep: Ginseng (remove the reed head), Poria (remove the wood), Astragalus (roasted with honey), Rehmannia root (washed and roasted), Chinese angelica (washed and roasted), Ziziphus jujuba seeds (peeled and fried), Cinnabar (grind separately, half used as medicine and the other half as clothing).

4. To treat fatigue, irritability and insomnia: 50g each of Poria cocos (without the wood) and ginseng, 250g of Ziziphus jujuba seeds (fried, peeled and ground separately). Coarsely pound and sieve the above three ingredients. Take 15 grams each time, add one cup of water and half a part of ginger, smash it, boil it until seven parts are left, remove the residue, take it warm on an empty stomach, twice a day and once at night.

5. To treat restlessness and trance: 100g Poria (peeled), 25g Agarwood. Grind into fine powder, and make pills with honey in the size of red beans. Take 30 pills each time, with ginseng soup after meals.