Name | Tuckahoe |
Appearance | Powder |
Color | White |
Use | Medicinal Diet Made with Poria cocos as Main Material |
Poria powder is a powder of Chinese medicine Poria cocos, which is common in white, light gray, and dark gray after brewing. Flat, sweet, light, containing triterpenoids, polysaccharides and choline, fat, lecithin, potassium, magnesium and other elements. Has the effect of water dampness, spleen and heart. Poria cocos can not only significantly improve the body's immune capacity, but also make the blood oxygenated hemoglobin release more oxygen to supply tissue cells. At the same time, it can also enhance the activity of cell tissues (including skin, mucous membranes, hair, etc.), increase their vitality, and be in a healthy state, so that our skin and hair appear more moisturized and achieve cosmetic effects.
In traditional Chinese medicine, Poria cocos has been used for more than 2,000 years. In Shennong's Materia Medica Sutra, Poria cocos is listed as the top grade, which has the function of "taking the soul and rearing the mind for a long time, not hunger and prolonging life. Speaking of the medicinal use of Poria cocos, there is also a story related to Su Zhe, one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Su Zhe, Su Xun and Su Dongpo, also known as the "Three Sus", were famous writers in the Northern Song Dynasty. When he was young, he was weak and sickly. In summer, he could not eat and eat because of weak spleen and stomach, and he had no appetite. In winter, he often caught a cold and coughed because of deficiency of lung and kidney qi. Many doctors were invited and many drugs were not eradicated.
It was not until Su Zhe passed his first year of life that he learned from people how to keep in good health, practiced guiding Qigong, and often took Poria cocos. Years later, the diseases that had existed for many years disappeared without a trace. Since then, he has concentrated on the study of drug health, and wrote the "Fu Fu Fu Fu and cited" article. It is written in the article that taking Poria cocos can fix the shape and nourish qi, prolong the year and the elderly. If you take it for a long time, you can calm your soul and calm your mind. Yan is like a virgin, and God stops your qi.
Poria cocos is a saprophytic fungus parasitic under the root of pine trees. Its nature is sweet and light, and it has the functions of water and dampness, invigorating the spleen and stomach, and calming the heart and mind. Because of its medicinal parts, there are different names and functions. Red Poria cocos is the red part under the cortex of Poria cocos. It has strong diuresis effect and treats yellow red urine and pain in urine. The skin of Poria cocos is the black skin of Poria cocos, which has good water-use effect and is used to treat edema and short red urine. Poria is the part with pine roots, which has a strong effect of tranquilization and diuberization, treating palpitations and forgetfulness, and disadvantageous urination. Fushen wood is the pine root of Fushen, which can calm the liver and calm the nerves, and is used to treat suffocation and insomnia in the heart area. And Zhu Fuling is made of Poria cocos and cinnabar processing, calm the heart and the mind is strong, used to treat palpitations and insomnia.
during the Wei and Jin dynasties in China, Poria cocos was regarded as a good health product. princes and ministers often took Poria cocos with white honey.
In the Qing Dynasty, Cixi asked the royal chef to make poria cakes for her. The medicinal value of the best when is produced in Yunnan Poria called Yunling. The elderly often use white poria powder and rice with porridge taking, have the effect of health.