How to eat white Poria cocos

When we see white Poria cocos in our daily lives, most of the time it is a medicinal ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. As for the medicinal herb White Poria cocos, we still don't know how to consume it alone. If we don’t know how to eat it, we may make mistakes in eating it. Therefore, we need to have a detailed understanding of this issue. So how to eat white Poria cocos? Let us tell you about it below.

Poria cocos, commonly known as Yunling, Songling, and Fuling, is a fungus that parasitizes on the roots of pine trees. It is shaped like a sweet potato, with a dark-brown skin and white or pink inside. Poria can enhance the body's immune function, and Poria polysaccharide has obvious anti-tumor effects; it has a diuretic effect and can increase the excretion of electrolytes such as potassium, sodium, and chloride in urine; it has sedative and liver protection, inhibits the occurrence of ulcers, lowers blood sugar, and has anti-radiation effects. Poria cocos is also used as Poria cocos cake, Poria cocos crisps and Poria cocos wine. Some countries use Poria cocos as the raw material for common naval medicines and tonics. In areas and places with higher temperatures, Poria cocos can be used as an important food therapy variety. Regular consumption can strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, aid digestion, and strengthen the body.

(a) Appetizer soup. 15g of Poria cocos, 12g of Chinese yam, 30g each of barley malt, 1 fresh and 1 dried duck gizzard, boil them into soup and drink. Treats indigestion and loss of appetite in children.

(2) Poria cocos and coix seed porridge. Take 25g each of Poria cocos and Coix seeds, 5g of dried tangerine peel and an appropriate amount of polished rice, cook into porridge. Treats diarrhea and difficulty urinating in children due to spleen deficiency.

(3) Poria cocos and coix seed cake. Take 30g each of Poria cocos, coix seed and white flour and an appropriate amount of white sugar, grind them into fine powder, press them into cakes and steam them. It is suitable for children to eat and has the effect of harmonizing the spleen and stomach.

(iv) Poria cocos, tangerine peel and ginger juice tea. Boil 25 grams of Poria cocos and 5 grams of dried tangerine peel in water, and add 10 drops of ginger juice when drinking. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and can treat vomiting during pregnancy.

(V) Poria cocos and chestnut porridge: 15g Poria cocos, 25g chestnuts, 10 jujubes, and 100g polished rice. Add water and cook chestnuts, jujubes and glutinous rice first; grind Poria cocos into powder, add it slowly when the rice is half cooked, stir well, and cook until the chestnuts are cooked through. Sugar can be added to season the food. This prescription uses Poria cocos to nourish the spleen and eliminate dampness, chestnuts to nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, and jujubes to benefit the spleen and stomach. Used for weak spleen and stomach, reduced appetite, loose stools and diarrhea.

(6) Poria cocos and Ophiopogon japonicus porridge: 15g each of Poria cocos and Ophiopogon japonicus, 100g of corn. Add corn to water and cook into porridge; boil the two medicinal herbs to obtain a thick juice, add it when the rice is half cooked, and cook together. Originated from "Shenghuifang". This prescription uses Poria cocos to calm the mind and soothe the nerves, Ophiopogon japonicus to nourish yin and clear the heart, and millet to eliminate restlessness and heat. It is used for heart yin deficiency, chest heat, palpitations, insomnia, dry mouth and tongue.

We have already learned the specific details of how to eat White Poria cocos, and I believe that we have all gained some useful knowledge. In fact, the traditional Chinese medicine white Poria cocos can not only be eaten, but also applied externally. We can make some homemade facial masks with white Poria cocos, which are very helpful for our skin care. Finally, I wish everyone good health and safety!